Frederick William II of Prussia

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King of Prussia human member of royalty monarch

Frederick William II of Prussia was King of Prussia from 1786 to 1797, known for his less militaristic rule than his predecessor Frederick the Great and for overseeing both territorial gains and growing internal weaknesses in the Prussian state.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
King Frederick William II of Prussia 2
Frederick William II 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Prussia ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of royalty ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthDate 1744-09-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Berlin ⓘ
burialPlace Hohenzollern crypt in the Berliner Dom ⓘ
child Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Frederick William III of Prussia

Prince Henry of Prussia (1781–1846) ⓘ
Prince Louis Charles of Prussia ⓘ
Wilhelmina of Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (1774–1837)
countryOfCitizenship Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
deathCause illness ⓘ
deathDate 1797-11-16 ⓘ
deathPlace Potsdam ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
father Prince Augustus William of Prussia ⓘ
fullName Frederick William II of Prussia self-link ⓘ
givenName Frederick ⓘ
William ⓘ
house House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
knownFor internal administrative and financial weaknesses in Prussia ⓘ
less militaristic rule than Frederick the Great ⓘ
territorial expansion of Prussia ⓘ
monarchOf Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Margraviate of Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle Margrave of Brandenburg ⓘ
surface form: Elector of Brandenburg

King of Prussia ⓘ
Margrave of Brandenburg ⓘ
occupation ruler ⓘ
participatedIn Second Partition of Poland ⓘ
Third Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
surface form: Third Partition of Poland
positionHeld Margrave of Brandenburg ⓘ
surface form: Elector of Brandenburg

King of Prussia ⓘ
predecessor Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
regnalName Frederick William II of Prussia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Frederick William II
reignEnd 1797 ⓘ
reignStart 1786 ⓘ
relative Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
Frederick William III of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
Potsdam ⓘ
spouse Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julie von Voss ⓘ
Sophie von Dönhoff ⓘ
style His Majesty ⓘ
successor Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Frederick William III of Prussia
territorialGain Polish territories in the partitions of Poland ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince Augustus William of Prussia → child → Frederick William II of Prussia ⓘ
Battle of Valmy → commander → Frederick William II of Prussia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Frederick William II of Prussia
Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia → father → Frederick William II of Prussia ⓘ
Wilhelmina of Prussia → father → Frederick William II of Prussia ⓘ
Frederick William II of Prussia → fullName → Frederick William II of Prussia self-link ⓘ
Prince Augustus William of Prussia → notableRelative → Frederick William II of Prussia ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia → predecessor → Frederick William II of Prussia ⓘ
Frederick William II of Prussia → regnalName → Frederick William II of Prussia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick William II
Prince Augustus William of Prussia → relative → Frederick William II of Prussia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Frederick William II of Prussia
Frederick II of Prussia → successor → Frederick William II of Prussia ⓘ