Frederick William I and Frederick William II

By andrea_riecks

  • Born

    Frederick William I was born on August 14, 1688

  • Getting married

    Getting married
    Frederick married his first cousin Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

  • Frederick ii was born

    Frederick ii was born
    Frederick ii was born a year after his father becaome king. The oldest of 14 children

  • Became king

    Became king
    Fredericks willam was a prussian king who came to power after the death of his father.

  • Frederick ii gettinf married

    Frederick ii gettinf married
    Frederick ii got married to Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig Wolfenbuttel Bevern who was 17 at the time. Only married her after his failed attempt at escape from his father.

  • Army

    Army
    By 1740 the Pussia was strong enough to challenge it's rival Austria

  • Died

    Frederick Willam I died on may 31, 1740 at the age of 51

  • The war of Austrian Succession

    The war of Austrian Succession
    Frederick invaded and quickly occupied Silesia

  • Frederick ii died

    Frederick died at age 74