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Frederick the Great's father was a bad and selfish ruler as he would hit men with his cane and kick women for sharing the same religion.
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Frederick the Great had a strong interest in music and poetry, but Frederick William I did not support this, and tried bringing his military style behavior to his son, when he would beat him and publicly humiliate him.
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Frederick the Great is forced to give up on music and poetry, as his father makes him join the military.
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Frederick the Great gets caught trying to escape Prussia with his close friend Hans Herman Von Katte, he is then imprisoned and put in Küstrin.
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After the stunt that both Frederick the Great and his friend Hans Herman Von Katte pulled, Frederick William ordered the execution of Katte, to have Frederick the Great watch.
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Frederick William I - Frederick the Great's father - arranged this marriage only to form an alliance, therefore the engagement did not end well, as they did not produce any children.
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Frederick the Great's abusive father dies, this makes him King of Prussia, he no longer needs to follow his rules, he is the absolute ruler now.
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Most of the wars fought by Frederick the Great incuded Austria because Frederick saw it as a disadvantage that Austria's ruler was female.
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Frederick the Great took control of Silesia - once in Austrian city - through the Treaty of Aix-la-chapelle and proved successful as he fought the Austrians in the war of the Austrian Succession, where lots of other nations were involved.
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Frederick's mother - Sophia Dorothea of Hanover - died in 1757, Frederick the Great did not take this easily, as she taught him the beautiful arts of music and poetry, and also supported him through fights with his abusive father.
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