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“The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.”
Frederick the Great
That needs to be placed above congress and every media outfit in America, it will confuse many of them.
Above every high school entrance in the country.
This could have a lot of meanings these days. 😂 I can appreciate the quote and the multiple meanings behind it. Love and respect all❤
His father had a strong army and he’d use it as a mercenary force to make money instead of gaining territory, so he was a man with a strong army, rich treasury but small territory. “My father was great in small matters, and small in great matters” Frederick later said.
lol and history removers him not his father so he had the last laugh
Wouldn't that be something if kids rebelled nowadays by learning foreign languages.
If there is something wrong with the kid, always blame the parents because they obviously failed with the kid.
Let's learn Chinese!!!
My kid has. He's learning the black speech... and demands I call him Melkor.
I think I'm in deep trouble.
@@jmitterii2 Damn that's cool. I wish I had a kid :(.
@@jmitterii2 Just remind him you have the One Ring and Melkor,will be fine :)
The Old Fritz has gotta be one of the coolest and most interesting people in history. I loved this documentary. It was comprehensive and filled with information, yet it also managed to keep me engaged. This was also the first documentary I've seen from this channel, and now, I go to it to watch biographies about cool historical figures. Thanks People Profiles.
“VERY INFORMATIVE” !!!. Yours truly Will VanNess
Can you imagine never being good enough for your father, struggling lifelong against detractors and enemies, never quite feeling like you fit in, and then you get old and tired and just want to hang out with your dogs and your memories. I just gained a whole new level of respect. I mean if even huge narcissists like Napoleon and Hitler idolized this man, it says a lot.
Frederick Wilhelm was a horrible dad!
He was an enlightened absolute monarch and due to his achievements he planted the seeds of Germany. Thank you for making this video it is exceptional.
So nice of you
Frederick II of Prussia (Friedrich der Große) was one of the most skilled military strategists of the Modern Era, seconded only by Napoleon Bonaparte, who lived a few decades later. Although he was an absolute monarch, this highly educated prince was, fundamentally, an "enlightened absolutist," given his tolerance (and encouragement) of "free speech" along with his forbearance on religious practices of non-protestant creeds. Indeed, Frederick was such an extraordinary historical persona, that he deserved his popularly acclaimed name "the Great."
This is a really interesting one to think about but I would say a few generals of the modern era (btw what dates does that include specifically ? ) can be called equals/arguably better than Frederick. Napoleon as you said. Other contenders are Suvorov of Russia. Eugene Savoy of Austria. Dukes of Marlborough and Wellington of Britain.
Frederick the Greats victories at Leuethen and Rossbach are both stunning. But he did suffer more set backs than most of the other generals I’ve named. Charles XII Sweden was impressive too.
@@archivesoffantasy5560 In many periodizations of human history, the Late Modern Period followed the Early Modern Period. It began approximately in the mid-18th century and depending on the author either ended with the beginning of Contemporary History after World War II, or includes that period up to the present day. Notable historical milestones included the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the Russian Revolution. As such:
Early Modern: 1500 - 1749
Late Modern: 1750 - 1939
@@archivesoffantasy5560 I think you are quite right in many aspects, it's very interesting to think about and had he been only a Prussian general and not it's king I do believe I would agree, however what sets Frederick apart from other Generals is that he was also a quite apt Administrator, building on and improving the kingdom left to him by his father. It is also fair to mention I think that the level of adversity faced by him is quite easily what sets him apart. It is not that he faced setbacks but that despite those setbacks he scored victories on par with Napoleons greatest Masterpieces while also managing the rest of his kingdom without succumbing to adversity.
It was indeed a stroke of luck that saved him though I do not think it invalidates his achievements. Napoleon lost too in the end, and he does absolutely deserve his title as one of the greatest generals in more recent history. Mind you Frederick had not nearly the resources a mighty nation like france had available to him. I do not think that if put in his shoes Napoleon could necessarily have done much better, if anything Napoleons hubris might have been his downfall where Fredericks personality might prevail.
@@verySharkey I agree with you. Frederick got a massive (2 actually) stroke of luck that most generals don’t when tsar Peter took over. It was a miracle.
Nevertheless, he was a brilliant general and a great philosopher king. Definitely deserving of his epithet “the Great”.
His upbringing even for a prince was tough. His father had one of his close mates executed when they both to ran away, and seeing his friend beheaded would haunt fredrick the rest of his life.
Frederick the Great was almost certainly a homosexual.
Napoleon and Frederick were both alive at the same time
,,Gentlemen, if this man would have still been alive, I wouldn't have made it so far." Napoleon to his generals upon visiting his tomb.
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That’s an awesome quote. Napoleon was human so of course he must’ve had at least one idol.
Wow amazing
Ooooh, yeah, Frederick would have kicked Napoleon to the CURB!
Frederick the Great or Old Fritz is One of My Favorite Historical Figures. I Think My Favorite Thing About Him is That in a Way He Was a Modern Man Despite Living in the 18th Century
I am happy to see people remember me.
You wrote some very lovely symphonies your majesty !
@@canman5060 Thank You , Nationalism is the go to
Eh We Don't
@@syedazam2568 haha
Honestly, the best leader my country has had aside from Bismarck, must've filled Germans/Prussians with so much pride serving under him.
He definitely deserved the name "Grosse"... A great, timeless man!
lol... i saw what you did there... well played sir
Otto the 1st was also a great leader, top 5 in my opinion.
How about Otto the Great?
@Sleuth for fecks sake
I find Frederick to be one of the most interesting people who ever lived! His stock in trade was War, but his passions were art and enlightenment; these attributes combined served the larger purpose of establishing a progressive sovereign nation.
A life lived to the max!
I wish people knew that German history is so much more, than WWII and that there are incredible historical characters like him
very true. germany gets a bad rep. very important to european history. very important people who helped build america as well.
The research that was done by my brother ; found out that Fredrick the Great was an actual uncle to our family.
In my opinion he is Europe’s greatest monarch alongside Peter the Great, he took Prussia from just another German state to a European power in his lifetime, not just military but culturally and economically he transformed his country into what would become the power that unified Germany under one hundred years later.
Didn't they loose those two wars?
In terms of military prowess and influence, Napoleon remains the greatest. But Frederick is definitely in top 3.
Thank You
@@scatalin09 Napolean is highly overrated as a General. The fact that he won every battle in which he had a numerical advantage, and lost every battle in which he was outnumbered, is confirmation of this.
@@archenema6792 you're dead wrong. Till 1807 he showed magnificent battlefield intellect only later did he count more and more on numbers and less prowess but he had so many fruictious campaign and revolutionized the army into the corps system which the Asutrians, prussians and Russians copied. He is truly one of the great generals in history and historians do agree
King Frederick greatly deserves the title of beng called great.
Bach's music was definitely the best choice for background music for Frederick The Great's Biography. Many connoisseurs will definitely know what I mean :)
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Where have you been my whole life. I love history, that’s most of watch I watch besides gaming. I have never ever heard of this channel. This is amazing. I am disappointed I have missed out on this channel for so long but excited I can binge watch it now. Thank you for this. Your voice is amazing.
Magnificent once again. Thank you and I'll be looking forward to your next endeavor
"My people and I have reached an arrangement. They say what they please, and I do as I please."
Lol 😂
Europe was at its golden age during this period... we have lost more than we will ever know
Please write the names of the battles in the video as you mention them!
Truly a towering figure in history, both literally and figuratively. The only criticism of him with which I hold any sympathy is the hypocrisy of his only serious splash into the literary world. He castigated with powerful and convincing rhetoric the brilliant mind who refined the very arts of statesmanship of which he was a master. His continual reinforcement of this line throughout his life helped to forge a strong cultural tradition in the west of duplicitous political leaders who espouse certain values in public rhetoric while implementing diametrically opposite policies.
Excellent video! I was recommended here by HistoryMarche, and you just got a new subscriber!👍
I live near King of Prussia, PA, USA
Nobody around seems to care about the real person. They shop there at one of the largest malls in the country... (They call the town KOP, so they don't have to say the long name.)
PA was settled by a huge number of Germans over the centuries, especially early on in the state's history, hence the town's name.
Not far from where I live, is Valley Forge, where Washington wintered his troops before crossing the Delaware River. When he fought the British at Trenton, and won the battle, he had to not only engage the professional army of England, but had to battle Hessian mercenaries who fought bravely. Some of the captured Hessians were put to work on farms (Many in Berks County), where they were absorbed into the local German speaking population.
I first discovered Frederick's musical genius when I studied J.S. and K.P.E Bach's harpsichord music. His court music director and resident composer, at Potsdam, was Bach's second oldest son (Karl Phillip Emanuel). He often directed the symphonies of the King (and those of his own). His other duties included accompanying Frederick's flute playing.
When "Old Bach" came to visit the court, Frederick immediately had J.S improvise a fugue on the King's theme (a very hard thing to do, especially given the bizarre fugue subject.)
Great video! I always, always learn from y’all. Thank you so much.😍
You are most welcome, glad you enjoyed it.
Loving the constant stream of uploads! Making quarantine bearable
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Frederick is one of the greatest rulers the world has ever seen or known. He transformed a pretty much backwards kingdom in one of the greatest powers in Europe.
I have a little exercise for all of you. Napoleon Bonaparte vs Frederick the Great as military commanders. Who would win and why?
Napoleon, his troops had muskets and they were more mobile because of the corps system.
@@Mizelei2012 He did revolutionized how an army should move.
@@romelnegut2005 if mobility and logistics are the basis of comparison, the Duke of Marlborough put them both to shame.
@@Mizelei2012 Napoleon was a considerably better as military commander, but Federick was overall better as a monarch.
Frederick, because Napoleon said so 😂
Dictator? He was a king!
Kings can be dictators.
Sometimes we really wonder if the morons that strike the thumbs-down, are the very same that do so on all channels, all videos. They most assuredly do not even view/listen to the videos. Undesirables, that undoubtedly blame the world, their parents, social media, for their own misery.
I agree with you there, it's very easy to criticise, far harder to create and be original.
@@idontgiveafaboutyou I don't think that's what they meant by this. Can't please everyone and they know this, but the majority of hate or dislike this channel gets comes from people that are just looking to rip someone's hard work apart. Why? Who knows. But I think that's actually what's being referred to here, disliking the video because troll's can't create, only hate
Austrians thumbs down
It's tempting to think that Frederick would be forgotten had Catherine not passed away and peter subsequently pulling Russia from the conflict. But, would Peter have done so if Frederick was not already considered 'great'?
Excactly my thought! It wasn't just military genius, resources or raw will that won him this war...his character did, too. Big time. Powerful lesson, in my humble opionion.
This was an excellent presentation. Very appreciated and very interesting!
I always like Frederick the great and his Prussian Army!!!!😃👍👍
Very good documentary.
Otto skorzeny!! Please?
Please do a video on Maria Theresa!! And maybe one of the animosity between her and Freddie da great?? 😁
Have you seen the series about her on Netflix, The Empress? I just watched it and enjoyed it although with subtitles.
Great content 👏❤
Excellent documentary. He established and built the Catholic Cathedral in Berlin and attended its consecration
Enjoy this immensely. Great documentary film
I find it a crime that Frederick the Great is little know about or admired by the modern German state and its people.
Once again,
I learned so much!
Thanks!
Love from Orlando
@Jeannie Seibert Thanks!
everybody in GERMANY knows ''' FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE '' at least the GERMANS who are real GERMANS
What do you mean?
Cate7451 - he means ‘real Germans’ study their history and show interest in their heritage.
Great Man… shocking to know that Germans today know little of him (!??!)
Yes I think Frederick the great was a benevolent leader and Military strategist, I kind of think of that in the way of how I play a game of strategy by Mobility.
Here we go! Though I still don’t understand the difference between “King in Prussia” vs “King of Prussia”
Every kingdom has one king and he is the king IN the kingdom. In my mind, King *in* is the same as King *of* 😅
It’s king in Prussia because they still wanted to recognize the polish king as Prussian king so they wouldn’t go to war but king in Prussia still held the power...I think
He was only king in Prussia, because the Austrian Kaiser didn't like the thought, that another king besides him rules in the empire. But "region" Prussia wasn't in the Holly Roman empire. So he couldn't king of the land Prussia, but he could king in the region of Prussia. This is the story.
Please do one on James Wolfe or Robert Clive
How was the battle of Trafalgar?
Frederick was great Really
A great man yes
Fred's a nice guy tho no cap RIP bro fly high 💔
Simply put my favourite historical figure maybe on par with Julius Ceasar but still
I admire him enormously
Good guy. He was n't even a dictator, given there was no democratic government in his time. Surely his ghost became furious when the bohemian corporal hanged his portrait in the bunker.
As much as Frederick is admired for his military genius , how would one describe Napoleon's true Military genius.
Then you have to give the same to Wellington
I love Frederick the Great!
Fredrick the great,damn great!
Lol, I think Federick would absolutely hate to be buried next to his father.
By understanding European history make leaders make wiser choices in future agreements.
Here's my question to you. When lauded about his generalship, Frederick said: I never did conduct a retreat. Was he being humble, for once, that he'd never conducted the difficult fighting retreat or sortie-to-relieve...or was he simply boasting that indeed, he was 'great' and never had to conduct a retreat?
I love this channel
I only remember him from The Musical Offering !
Frederick The Great, King of Prussia, and Grand Commander of the Order of Princes of the Royal Secret, or 32 degrees, was by general consent acknowledged and recognized as souvereign and Supreme Head of the Scotch Rite.
Great story!
I never realized there were so many female heads of great states back in the days. I've never been particularly interested in this era (mostly ancients and 20th century before) but I am now.
Brilliant.
He was a man's man; not a homosexual but a man in between: a KING
Would Frederick have still been known as 'the Great' down through history if Elizabeth of Russia hadn't died when she did? The next Czar Peter III who was half German idolized Frederick and had his Russian troops wearing Prussian uniforms. He most likely saved Frederick from losing his crown. Of course, Peter was stupid and a horrible human being. He didn't last very long. His wife, Catherine, (another German by the way) became Czarina after allegedly having Peter killed. But by the time she was comfortably in power, the Seven Years War had already concluded and Frederick was able to retire from military campaigning with a brilliant military reputation for having squirmed out of disaster after disaster against superior (in numbers) allied troops during those 7 years of nearly constant combat.
And according to most historians who have studied Frederick's life, he was also almost certainly gay although he even accepted a sham marriage to hide the fact.
22:20 Great policies.
7:09 I wonder if this is where Vince Gilligan and Co. got the idea for Gus Fring's flashback scene in _Breaking Bad_
HIS GREATEST MISTERY...HIS HAPPINESS,WAS HE GREAT? SURE,WAS HE HAPPY? AHHHH? MISTERE,OUI,EN FRANÇAIS,MISTERE
I have read all of Thomas Carlyle series on Frederick as well as other books. My conclusion is its very possible of a homosexual tryst with Lt Katte, but after his execution Frederick was only really married to his country.and swore off personal affairs.
Cyrus the Great was a better benevolent dictator.
That's not an insult to Frederick, either. The ancient Hebrews literally declared Cyrus to be a Messiah.
Yah man, Cyrus the great was one of the few who really deserved the title "The Great".He founded and expanded the great achaemenid empire and was not only tolerant of every faith and culture but in shockingly progressive fashion, he also abolished slavery in his empire. These achievements were improved and further innovated upon by Darius the great, who also conquered many more territories and was ,besides Cyrus, the only other achaemenid emperor worthy of the title "The Great"
King Frederick the great was a very tolerant and reformist monarch as well as a brilliant warrior and commander too. His works were carried forward by King William 1 , who with the help of his Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, unified Germany,became it's emperor, and gave it an efficient administration and foreign policy as well as a strong military. He also implement policies like universal pensions, universal health care and compulsory education, with the advice of Bismarck, making Germany the first country to implement such policies and thus become the first welfare state. Thus the Germans often call William 1 as "William the Great".
“He stayed devoted to his wife and had no mistresses” … uh yeah HE WAS GAY
Flute player… no surprise there 😂
Yep! And the main Nazi, Hitler, had a statue of a gay flute player on his desk... How dumb, can some poeple be? Or is it only a matter of failed education...
Awesome
Palalayain ko kayong lahat ayon sa inyong mga ganti!
at least the king allowed free speech and literature freedom in 18th century. I adorn him
Jeannie Seibert The king is respectful but is not that famous.
Proof that gay men CAN kick ass on the battlefield!
Hey, you do great and full biography videos! Please do one about Leon Trotsky, who basically led Russia into becoming a Socialist state, very influential character either liking him or not.
Always been amazed about how hard was his young age and how he could cope it. A complex personality and nothing to do with his presumed homosexuality. A Prussian king that says that prefer French language to German too. And a great military commander and organizer. (with a high level of trained officers can be trusted)
If was contemporary to napoleon I think the "emperor" would have had a much more difficult time.
This video constantly messes up titles in the HRE (there were no Kingdoms of Austria or Saxony) and the maps are constantly missing the Prussian Rhine provinces.
Can u please put arabic captions
Wasn't the King of Poland one of Catherine 2's boyfriends? It would have been interesting if Frederick and her husband could have similarly got together, perhaps in a parallel universe they did? left the Lithuanian and Polish Confederacy alone and took over the Ottoman Empire instead?
Hopefully the other Chopin and Tchaikovsky were later still inspired to create their gorgeous music.
2 July 2020
Ungreatful nephew after all his uncle did for him and all he had to do was to respect his dieting wishes
0:41 So...Why the potatoes?
He introduced them to Prussia.
@@PeopleProfiles Thank you!
@@PeopleProfiles he didn't just introduce them from what I remember when they were first introduced no one liked them but during a famine he had them grown in the royal guard and made sure to have guards there but to tell them to not shoot anyone there who went to eat them so that way when people saw them they would think there more fancy which lead to potato's becoming more common in Germany
I know it’s not what defines him but as a young gay man back in school I would’ve loved hearing that such a powerful respected figure in the world history stage was like me. I never actually knew that part about him. Thanks again, I Still learn anew from you. 👍👍
Is he the greatest Medieval leader?
... Lagi naman ehh (Its always like that)... I mean, WTF... Its already a Hanoverian Trait for God's sake...Alright, just didn't expect it to be THAT prevalent and THAT obvious(The pattern of first born sons hating their fathers)...
Oo nga eh
The graet is my freedom
He was quite an aegocentric introvert person and this could be because of the act of whittnessing his best friend Katte being behaded. He loved art and beauty. He was great but cannot escape the fact he was a dictator and his people in order to become great had to pay high prices in casualties and poverty
Bring back monarchy and aristocracy!
Not secret societies and """democracy"""
Damn Switzerland was a country during that time ? I wonder if finance dominated their economy already.
Who proceeded Frederick by?
As Nietzsche said, the German who were the land of dichter i denker grew stupid.
Wait, he looks like me.
Prussia was born out of a cannon ball.
315th, 1 August 2024
I read he was kind of a prick to his wife.
They put potatoes on his grave?
We do
10:05
"Sweeden"