Images - The Prussian Monarchy

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11.	Elisabeth Christine, Queen of Prussia (c. 1740) Elisabeth Christine (1715-97), the daughter of Duke Ferdinand Albrecht II of Brunswick-Bevern (r. 1735) and the niece of Emperor Charles VI (r. 1711-40), married Frederick....
12.	Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst, later Catherine II of Russia (1745) This portrait shows Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729-96) in 1745, the year she married the heir to Russian throne, Karl Peter Ulrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1728-62).....
13.	Avenue of Fruit Trees in the Pleasure Garden at Sanssouci (after 1745) Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam near Berlin is an outstanding example of Rococo architecture. It was commissioned by Frederick....
14.	Frederick II ("the Great") plays the Flute at an Evening Concert in the Year 1750 (c. 1786) Frederick II (“the Great”) elevated Prussia to great power status and implemented substantial political, legal, and economic reforms. Given the magnitude of these accomplishments, it is easy to overlook....
15.	View from the Gardens of Sanssouci Palace at Potsdam (c. 1750) Toward the middle of the eighteenth century, the monumentality of Baroque architecture gave way to Rococo, which emphasized delicacy, playfulness, and refined ornamentation. Frederick II’s Sanssouci....
16.	Frederick II ("the Great") Contemplates his Fate after the Battle of Kolin on June 18, 1757 (1794) Frederick II (“the Great”) lost his first battle of the Seven Years War to the Austrians, under the leadership of field marshal Leopold....
17.	The Situation of the Kingdom of Poland in the Year 1773 (1773) After Stanislaw II Augustus Poniatowski was elected Polish king in 1762, Poland became the plaything of the great powers Austria, Russia, and Prussia. Poniatowski’s Enlightenment-inspired reform....
18.	Frederick II ("the Great") (1781) Frederick II (“the Great”) (1712-86) acceded to the Prussian throne in 1740 and immediately plunged into war with Austria over the conquest of Silesia. The war lasted until 1763, with eleven years....
19.	Frederick William III and his Wife, Queen Louise, in the Park at Charlottenburg Palace (1799) In 1793, Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776-1810) married the Prussian crown prince and future king, Frederick William III (r. 1797-1840). Following Prussia’s disastrous defeat by Napoleon....
20.	Karl August von Hardenberg, Prussian Statesman (c. 1810) Karl August von Hardenberg (1750-1822) was appointed to the Prussian foreign ministry in 1798; from 1804 to1806, he served as foreign minister and strove to secure territorial gains for Prussia in....
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