frederick the great

So on the precipice of a Russian victory over Prussia, the late Empress Elizabeth was replaced by her nephew Peter, who immediately gave his idol Frederick a white peace so that he could have a free hand to expand his native Slesvig-Holstein-Gottorp at Denmark's expense. Some threads here in the...

By 1761 France had already lost the colonial war, but in the continent its allies still had the advantage, so what if they won? The PODs are: 1. French victory at Villinghausen: The french actually had a good chance of decisively winning this battle, had Soubise launch a full scale offensive at...

Some months back, I posted this thread WI : Frederick the Great marries Princess Amelia of Great Britain and a unique consensus came about from there. So, with that and a few other things serving as base questions, here are some thingsI'll be asking 1) who's good bride candidates for Louis of...

We're all familiar with Frederick the Great of Prussia. And by the modern times, we're all familiar with his homosexuality, and one time he tried to flee to Great Britain with Hans Hermann von Katte. However, they were discovered, and Frederick was forced to watch Katte get executed, only to...

What if, instead of marrying Elisabeth Christine like he did OTL, Frederick the Great married his cousin Princess Amelia of Great Britain, who apparently adored/respected him (when she died, a miniture of Frederick was found on her body). Would Frederick be more likely to have a few kids with...

Let's say that, in 1755, Frederick the Great, fearing Austria's revanchism, renews his alliance with France in hopes of deterring Maria. In turn, Louis XV agrees, hoping to tie down some British troops in Hannover. To make this more likely, Wezel Anton dies of stroke around the same time. What...

That thread is inspired by one ASOIAF disscussion which I've seen on diffefent site, where Frederick the Great was compared to Tyrion and his father Frederick William to Tywin Lannister. So let's make that resemblance closer and let's say that Frederick also killed his father. So Frederick...

Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia was extremely upset when his father, the "Soldier King" Frederick William I, arranged a political marriage between him and a noblewoman named Elisabeth Christine. He even threatened to kill himself. Of course, he didn't, and went on to be known as Frederick the...

What if Elizabeth, Tsarina of Russia from 1741 to 1762, did not die in January of 1762? How does this impact the Seven Years War and the rest of European and world history?

I was wondering who Frederick the Great could've married instead of his OTL wife. The common trope is that he wed Maria Theresia of Austria, but I wonder if this is as likely as everyone makes it out to be? Friedrich Wilhelm I was a staunch Calvinist, and although he apparently would've been...

IMO, the most successful time of the Roman Empire was when the adoptive emperors reigned. When Marcus Aurelius broke the rule and made Commodus the successor... well, we know the result. Now, Fredrick II of Prussia had no kids of his own. He had a brother, Frederick "the Fat" Wilhelm, who...

In OTL 1762, Prussia under Frederick the Great was pretty much lost: Pomerania, Silesia and Saxony were already partially controlled by his enemies A-H, Russia, Sweden and France. His only ally, Britain, didn't support him with money anymore. Future looked grim. But then, the wonder happened...