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Frederick William II of Prussia

1744 - 1797

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Frederick William II (German: Friedrich Wilhelm II.; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was king of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was in personal union with the prince-elector of Brandenburg and (via the Orange-Nassau inheritance of his grandfather) sovereign prince of the Canton of Neuchâtel. As a defensive reaction to the French Revolution, Frederick William II ended the German Dualism between Prussia and Austria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick William II of Prussia has received more than 1,601,548 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Frederick William II of Prussia is the 678th most popular politician (up from 720th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 200th in 2019) and the 50th most popular German Politician.

Frederick William II was most famous for being the king of Prussia from 1786 to 1797.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 678 out of 19,576. Before him are Samo, Rudolf Höss, Lycurgus of Sparta, Sargon II, Shunzhi Emperor, and Musa I of Mali. After him are Louis the Stammerer, Baudouin of Belgium, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Ivan III of Russia, Christian I of Denmark, and Giorgio Napolitano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 3. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, and Johann Gottfried Herder. After him are Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pierre Méchain, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Abigail Adams, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Conrad Moench, and Giacomo Quarenghi. Among people deceased in 1797, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 2. Before him is Baron Munchausen. After him are Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, François-Noël Babeuf, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, James Hutton, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Lazare Hoche, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Vilna Gaon, and Joseph Wright of Derby.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 182 out of 7,253. Before him are Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Olaf Scholz (1958), Walter Model (1891), Rudolf Höss (1901), and Erich Raeder (1876). After him are Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Hans Frank (1900), Baron d'Holbach (1723), Emmy Noether (1882), and Augustus III of Poland (1696).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 50. Before him are George II of Great Britain (1683), Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Olaf Scholz (1958), and Rudolf Höss (1901). After him are Christian I of Denmark (1426), Hans Frank (1900), Augustus III of Poland (1696), Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), and Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882).

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