Maria Theresa’s lifelong rivalry with Frederick II of Prussia, who wanted to challenge Habsburg supremacy in northern Europe, led to three bitter defeats and saw Silesia – a historic region ...

And there were many battles: Frederick II of Prussia became Maria Theresa’s greatest rival. He took the affluent Hapsburg province of Silesia during the War of the Austrian Succession, an eight year ...

The play is made up of selected letter exchanges between the great French-European philosopher and the royal prince, later king, of Prussia, beginning when the latter was a mere 24 years old and the ...

It has done no favours to the modern reputation of King Frederick II of Prussia – ‘Frederick the Great’ – that Hitler, during the mad final days of the Third Reich, placed the monarch’s portrait above ...

When Bach visited Frederick II of Prussia in May 1747, the king challenged him to improvise—on the spot—a fugue based on a theme the king had written. The venerable Capellmeister obliged with a ...

A constitutional crisis in 1860s Prussia could teach Americans the importance of public participation in democracy.

When we last left Frederick II, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor after years of struggle. But this episode dives into Frederick’s fraught relationship with the papacy, his bold diplomacy with Sultan ...

Frederick, Crown Prince of Brandenburg-Prussia will become a warrior king and an enlightened monarch that the likes of Prussia has never seen. His climb to power would be great but his childhood was ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A new initiative, The “Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives,” aims to honor the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass in Rochester. The “Frederick Douglass Family ...

Unfocused, the piece is really neither about Bach nor about Frederick II and it’s certainly not about their confrontation, which comes during the second act as a truly delectable and utterly ...

WILMINGTON, Del (WPVI) -- Fans flocked to Wilmington, Delaware for a meet-and-greet with Eagles Rookie cornerback, Cooper DeJean. Hundreds of people lined the Dick's House of Sport Saturday ...

On the last day of January, the Department of Defense—now run by ex-Fox News host and alleged domestic abuser Pete Hegseth—declared so-called “identity months,” like Black History Month ...