(1744-09-25)25 September 1744 Stadtschloss, Berlin, Prussia
Died
16 November 1797(1797-11-16) (aged 53) Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Prussia
Burial
Berliner Dom
Spouses
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(m. 1765; div. 1769)
Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
(m. 1769)
Julie von Voß
(m. 1787; died 1789)
(morganatic)
Sophie von Dönhoff
(m. 1790; sep. 1792)
(morganatic)
Issue
Princess Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York and Albany
Frederick William III of Prussia
Prince Louis Charles
Wilhelmine, Queen of the Netherlands
Augusta, Electress of Hesse
Prince Henry
Prince Wilhelm
Gustav Adolf Wilhelm von Ingenheim (illegitimate)
Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg (illegitimate)
House
Hohenzollern
Father
Prince Augustus William of Prussia
Mother
Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Religion
Calvinist
Signature
Prussian Royalty
House of Hohenzollern
Frederick William II
Children
Princess Frederica Charlotte, Duchess of York and Albany
Frederick William III
Princess Christine
Prince Louis Charles
Wilhelmine, Queen of the Netherlands
Augusta, Electress of Hesse
Prince Henry
Prince Wilhelm
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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. Domestically, he turned away from the enlightened style of government of his predecessor and introduced a tightened system of censorship and religious control. The king was an important patron of the arts especially in the field of music. As a skilled cellist he enjoyed the dedication of various cello-centric compositions by composers Mozart, Haydn, Boccherini and Beethoven.[1] He was also responsible for some of the most notable architecture in Prussia, including the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin,[2] the Marble Palace and Orangery in the New Garden, Potsdam.
^Meier, Brigitte (2007). Friedrich Wilhelm II. König von Preussen: Ein Leben zwischen Rokoko und Revolution (in German). Friedrich Pustet. p. 206. ISBN 978-3-7917-2083-8.
^"Friedens- statt Triumph-Symbol: Das Brandenburger Tor und sein Geheimnis". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
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