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Frederick William II ( German: Friedrich Wilhelm II.; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was king of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was in personal union with the prince-elector of Brandenburg and (via the Orange-Nassau inheritance of his grandfather) sovereign prince of the Canton of Neuchâtel.
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Frederick William II was king of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was in personal union with the prince-elector of Brandenburg and sovereign prince of the Canton of Neuchâtel. As a defensive reaction to the French Revolution, Frederick William II ended the German Dualism between Prussia and Austria. Domestically, he turned away from the enlightened style of government of his ...
Jun 8, 2018 · views 2,072,427 updated May 29 2018. Frederick William II (1744–97) King of Prussia (1786–97), nephew and successor of Frederick II (the Great). He joined (1792) the alliance against France, but made peace in 1795 in order to consolidate his acquisitions in the e as a result of the Second (1793) and Third (1795) Partitions of Poland.
Frederick William II ( German: Friedrich Wilhelm II; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was the fourth King of Prussia. He ruled from 1786 until his death. He was a successor and grandson of Frederick I, the first king of Prussia. Categories: 1744 births. 1797 deaths. Kings and Queens of Prussia. House of Hohenzollern. Crown Princes and ...
King of Prussia (1787–97). He was the nephew of Frederick II and a man of little ability, though a patron of the arts. He fought in the early campaigns against the French Revolutionary armies but became more concerned with Poland gaining land, including Warsaw, in the partitions of 1793 and 1795.
