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''I got married to a gal I don't love. War is all I've time for thinking of.''<br />
''I wrote a book on strategy. I built a gaudy palace at Potsdam.''<br />
''I'm the great I am, I'm Frederick. [[Frederick the Great]] I am.''|Parody of ''[
Friedrich ([[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|or ''Frédéric'']], [[It Is Pronounced Tro PAY|as he preferred to be known]]) II, or, as he has come to be known in English, '''Frederick the Great''', was the [[Prussian Kings|king]] of [[The Sixteen Lands of Deutschland|Prussia]] in the [[The Cavalier Years|mid-eighteenth century]]. Something of a dark horse in the realm of [[Gambit Pileup|dynastic politics]], in his youth he was fond of French culture, to a degree that his boorish and possibly insane father, Frederick William I, thought him effeminate. However, he would grow into a notable figure in German martial history, and as such, became an iconic figure of success in the Prussian-dominated German Reich. His reputation is perhaps unfairly stained by imperialists such as [
Frederick began ruling a sprawling kingdom, short on resources and indefensible. Therefore he deemed it [[I Did What I Had to Do|"necessary"]] to invade the rich Austrian province of Silesia and conquer it. This obtained the enmity of the [[Maria Theresa|Empress]], nominally Frederick's [[Holy Roman Empire|suzerain]], who was unconvinced by Frederick's assurances that it was [[Nothing Personal]]. The king also later annexed various other areas, including parts of Poland. He became well known for his unscrupulous but undeniably skilful foreign policy.
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* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Oh, yes!
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Sort of. He was unlikable personally but at least was not selfish and was as ruthless with himself as with others.
* [[Know When to Fold
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]
* [[The Magnificent]]: Or ''The Great''.
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