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Friedrich Wilhelm II. König von Preußen
(25.09.1744 - 16.11.1797)
place of birth: Potsdam, Brandenburg
Königreich Preußen:
Seine Majestät der König, Chef der
Armee
King of Prussia from 1786 to 1797, he was the nephew and
successor of Friedrich II (Frederick the Great). Despite lack of
military and political skills, Prussia still achieved considerable
expansion during his reign. He joined the European coalition in support
of Louis XVI and fought in the early campaigns of the French
Revolutionary Wars.
Financial difficulties and the revolt (1794)
in Poland against the Prussian and Russian occupiers of that country
following the second partition of Poland led him to make a
separate peace with the French at Basel (1795). Friedrich Wilhelm II's
extravagance, however, left a ruined exchequer. He was a patron of the
arts and an amateur cellist, with Mozart dedicating three string
quartets to him. He was succeeded by his son, Friedrich Wilhelm III,
when he died on 16 November 1797 in Potsdam.
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König
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17.08.1786
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