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Frederick the Great, His Court and Times, Ed. [or Rather Written] by T. Campbell
Frederick the Great His Court and Times Ed by T Campbell - or Rather Written Author:Thomas Campbell General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1842 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. Queen Sophie Charlotte; her Character. -- Frederick "William, prince royal; his Birth; his childish Tricks. -- Count Alexander Dohna appointed Governor to the Prince; his Character. -- Dislike of Frederick William to useless expense. -- Anecdotes. -- J. F. Cramer, Sub-governor. -- Succeeded by Rebeur. -- School Exercises of the Prince. -- Visit to the Netherlands. -- Fondness of King William III. for the Prince. -- William purposes to secure for him the succession to the English Throne. -- Is prevented from taking him to England. -- Disposition of the Prince to Economy. -- Violence of his Temper. -- Dangerous expedient for softening it. Origin of his antipathy to George II., and of his fondness for tall Soldiers. -- Count Fink appointed his Governor. -- Death of the Queen. -- Betrothal of the Prince to Sophie Dorothea, Princess of Hanover. -- Elected Rector of the University of Frankfurt on the Oder. -- Marriage of the Prince. -- Count Caetano de Ruggiero, the Gold-maker. -- Baptism of the Prince Royal's first Child. -- The King marries a third Wife. -- The Prince joins the allied Army in the Netherlands. -- Battle of Malplaquet. -- Remarkable presentiment of General Tettau. -- Birth and Death of another Son of the Prince Royal's -- Settlement of the Orange Inheritance. -- Misunderstanding between the King and the Prince. -- Their reconciliation. -- Birth and Baptism of Frederick the Great. -- Remarkable Aloe. -- Visit of the Czar Peter. -- Death of the King. -- His Character. Sophie Charlotte, mother of Frederick William I., a princess of Brunswick-Hanover, belongs to the celebrated wom...« less