Frederick the Great King of Prussia Frederick II ruled Prussia from He enlarged Prussian territory by acquiring Silesia from Austria in the War of the Austrian Succession and from the partiton of Poland He was regarded as an enlightened monarch promoting religious tolerance modernising the bureaucracy and civil service and patronising the work of writers and philosophers such as Voltaire and Kant A print from The Worlds History A Survey of Mans Record by Dr HF Helmolt Volume II William Heinemann London
