On the evening of May 16, 1742, Frederick II, King of Prussia and his 10.000-strong army set up camp somewhere in Bohemia. The men lit their campfires and began cooking, while Frederick talked ...

POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — Generations of Germans believe Frederick the Great brought the beloved potato to Germany. The legend is this: King Frederick II of Prussia wanted his subjects to eat potatoes, ...

Few figures of the Middle Ages are as famous as Frederick II of Swabia, emperor and king of Sicily. Around this sovereign who lived between 1194 and 1250 legends and myths arose and dozens of ...

Dr Adam Storring helps us understand Frederick II of Prussia, a complicated man, who like Xerxes and Alexander III before him, was obsessed with outdoing and outshining his father. Read the transcript ...

Frederick II was a powerful Holy Roman Emperor of the Medieval Era often referred to as stupor mundi, or wonder of the world. Born in 1194, Frederick's reign saw the Holy Roman Empire reach its-all ...

The last couple of episodes we looked at Prussian society and its development and progression. We left off at the death of Prussia’s Soldier King in 1740, a man that dedicated his entire life to ...

Christmas was bountiful to Frederick II, born December 26, 1194. He was gifted King Genes and Emperor DNA. At age 4, he was crowned King of Sicily, the strategic crossroads of the Mediterranean and a ...