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Also Known As Frederick the Great • Friedrich der Grosse
Born January 24, 1712 • Berlin • Germany
Died August 17, 1786 (aged 74) • Potsdam • Germany
Title / Office king (1740-1786), Prussia
House / Dynasty Hohenzollern dynasty
Notable Family Members father Frederick William I • sister Wilhelmina
Role In Seven Years’ War • War of the Austrian Succession • War of the Bavarian Succession

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