Definition of Frederick William II

1. Noun. King of Prussia who became involved in a costly war with France (1744-1797).

Group relationships: Hohenzollern
Generic synonyms: King, Male Monarch, Rex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frederick William II

Frederick Delius
Frederick Griffith
Frederick I
Frederick II
Frederick Jackson Turner
Frederick James Furnivall
Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Loewe
Frederick Moore Vinson
Frederick North
Frederick Sanger
Frederick Soddy
Frederick William
Frederick William I
Frederick William II (current term)
Frederick William III
Frederick William IV
Frederick the Great
Fredericksburg
Frederico Garcia Lorca
Fredericton
Frederictonian
Frederictonians
Fredet-Ramstedt operation
Fredrick
Free-Soilism
Free Carrier
Free French
Free Soil Party

Literary usage of Frederick William II

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"Frederick William II, the successor of Frederick the Great, ... The eleven years' reign of Frederick William II was economically a happy period. ..."

2. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn (1889)
"(or Frederick III. ; styled tLr Grr-v son ; made Prussia a military power. 1786. Frederick-William II., nephew'of the p 1797. Frederick-William III. ..."

3. Life and Times of Stein, Or, Germany and Prussia in the Napoleonic Age by John Robert Seeley (1879)
"Frederick William II. AND Frederick William III. IT has often been remarked that the countries which prove richest are those which are poorly endowed with ..."

4. Private Lives of Kaiser William II, and His Consort: Secret History of the by Henry William Fischer (1909)
"Frederick the Great was succeeded by his nephew : Frederick William II, 1786-1797. He was the notorious bigamist and debt-contractor. ..."

5. Germany Since 1740 by George Madison Priest (1915)
"Frederick William II, nephew of Frederick the Great; King of Prussia, 1786-1797. Frederick William III, son of Frederick William II; King of Prussia, ..."

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