Prussian court of Frederick the Great

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The Prussian court of Frederick the Great was the enlightened 18th-century royal court in Berlin and Potsdam renowned for its patronage of the arts, music, and philosophy under the rule of the musically gifted and culturally influential King Frederick II.

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instanceOf 18th-century court
royal court
alsoKnownAs court of Frederick II
Prussian court of Frederick the Great
surface form: court of Frederick the Great
centeredAtResidence Berlin City Palace
Potsdam City Palace
Sanssouci Palace
surface form: Sanssouci
country Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
employedArchitect Carl von Gontard
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff
employedComposer Carl Heinrich Graun
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Joachim Quantz
employedMusician Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Joachim Quantz
endTime 1786
governedBy Frederick II of Prussia
hasArtForm Rococo architecture
chamber music
flute music
landscape gardening
opera seria
hasCharacteristic Enlightenment culture
French-influenced culture
intellectual cosmopolitanism
military ethos
patronage of music
patronage of philosophy
patronage of the arts
rationalist spirit
religious tolerance
hasLanguage French
German
hasReligion Protestantism
hostedPhilosopher Julien Offray de La Mettrie
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Voltaire
hostedScholar Francesco Algarotti
Johann Georg Sulzer
influenced European court culture in the 18th century
German Enlightenment culture
Prussian military culture
locatedIn Berlin
Potsdam
monarch Frederick II of Prussia
notableEvent construction of Sanssouci Palace
development of Frederick the Great’s flute concertos
residence of Voltaire at Sanssouci
patron Frederick II of Prussia
startTime 1740
style Rococo
timePeriod Age of Enlightenment

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Friedrich August Stüler employer Prussian court of Frederick the Great
this entity surface form: Prussian royal court
Johann Heinrich Strack employer Prussian court of Frederick the Great
this entity surface form: Prussian royal court
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine household Prussian court of Frederick the Great
this entity surface form: Prussian royal court
Prussian court of Frederick the Great alsoKnownAs Prussian court of Frederick the Great
this entity surface form: court of Frederick the Great
Prince of Prussia jurisdiction Prussian court of Frederick the Great
this entity surface form: Prussian royal court
Eosander von Göthe employer Prussian court of Frederick the Great
this entity surface form: Prussian court
Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802) brother, not child court Prussian court of Frederick the Great
subject surface form: Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802)
this entity surface form: Prussian royal court
Peter Joseph Lenné employer Prussian court of Frederick the Great
this entity surface form: Prussian royal court
Ludwig Persius employer Prussian court of Frederick the Great
this entity surface form: Royal court of Prussia
Sophie von Dönhoff partOf Prussian court of Frederick the Great
this entity surface form: Prussian court
Julie von Voss associatedWith Prussian court of Frederick the Great
this entity surface form: Prussian court
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia educatedAt Prussian court of Frederick the Great
this entity surface form: Prussian royal court
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia associatedWith Prussian court of Frederick the Great
this entity surface form: Prussian royal court