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King Frederick William II of Prussia, #967169

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King Frederick William II of Prussia, #967169
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Painted by Peter Brown in 1790</em></td>
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Frederick William II (September 25, 1744 ? November 16, 1797), king of Prussia, was known in German as Friedrich Wilhelm II.

Frederick William was the son of Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (the second son of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia) and of Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. His mother's elder sister, Elisabeth, was the wife of Frederick the Great. He was born at Berlin and became heir to the throne of Prussia on his father's death in 1758, since Frederick II had no children. The boy was of an easy-going and pleasure-loving disposition, averse to sustained effort of any kind, and sensual by nature.

His marriage with Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg, daughter of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, contracted July 14, 1765 in Charlottenburg, was dissolved in 1769. He married Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, daughter of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt on July 14, 1769, also in Charlottenburg. Although he had a numerous family by his wife, he was completely under the influence of his mistress, Wilhelmine Enke, afterwards created Countess Lichtenau, a woman of strong intellect and much ambition.

Frederick William was a man of singularly handsome presence, not without mental qualities of a high order; he was devoted to the arts?Beethoven and Mozart enjoyed his patronage, and his private orchestra had a Europe-wide reputation. But an artistic temperament was hardly that was required of a king of Prussia on the eve of the French Revolution; ...
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#: 2897</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:18th Century </td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:UK </td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Peter Brown </td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:26</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:18</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:King Frederick William II of Prussia,</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Traditional </td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on Canvas </td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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