Frederick II - Frederick II See: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1196-1250, emperor 1211-1250) Frederick II of Austria (?-1246, duke of Austria 1230-1246) Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg (1413-1470, margrave 1440-1470) Frederick II of Denmark and Norway (1534-1588, king 1559-1588) Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786, king 1740-1786), better known as Frederick the Great This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III Habsburg was born in 1415. He became archduke Frederick V of Austria in 1424. He acceded as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1440 and was married to Eleanore of Portugal. Frederick's father was Ernest the Iron (Ernst der Eiserne),born 1406 and his wife Cymburga of Masovia. Frederick III had a son named Maximilian. For the last ten years of Frederick's life he and his son co-ruled as emperors. Frederick died 1493. Preceded by: Albert II, Holy Roman Emperor List of German Kings and Emperors Succeeded by: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony - Frederick Augustus II of Saxony Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, whose full name was His Majesty Friedrich August II Albert Maria Clemens Joseph Vincenz Aloys Nepomuk Johann Baptista Nikolaus Raphael Peter Xaver Franz de Paula Veneantius King of Saxony, (May 18, 1797 - August 9, 1854) became King of Saxony in 1854. Son of Prince Maximilian of Saxony and Princess Caroline of Bourbon-Parma. On September 26, 1819 Frederick Augustus II married Archduchess Caroline of Austria, daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria. Following her death, on April 24, 1833 he married Princess Marie Anne Leopoldine of Bavaria. There were no children of either marriage. He was succeeded by his brother, Johann I. In 1848 revolutionary diturbances broke out in the Kingdom, forcing Frederick Augustus to flee.
Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg - Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg One might be looking for Friedrich II of Prussia. (18th Century) Frederick II "the Iron" (sometimes "Irontooth") (1413-1470) of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was margrave of Brandenburg, from 1440 until his abdication in 1470. His brothers included John the Alchemist, and Albert Achilles, both of whom also ruled Brandenburg. Their parents were Frederick I, Brandenburg's first Hohenzollern ruler, and his wife Elizabeth of Bavaria-Landshut..
Frederick II of Denmark and Norway - Frederick II of Denmark and Norway Frederick II (July 1, 1534 - April 4, 1588), King of Denmark and Norway from 1559 until his death. He was the son of King Christian III of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea of Sachsen-Lauenburg. He was married to Sophia of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. They had 5 children. He rebuilt Kronborg castle in Elsinore between 1574 and 1585. In 1576 he founded Fredrikstad in Norway. This was a period of affluence and growth in Danish history. Frederick was also a major patron of the famous astronomer Tycho Brahe On April 4, 1588 he died and was succeeded by his eldest son Christian IV. His daughter Anne of Denmark married King James I of England. Preceded by: Christian III List of Danish monarchs.
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen (December 26, 1194 - 1250) ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1220 through 1250. His empire was frequently at war with the Papal States, so it is not surprising the he was excommunicated - in fact, twice. Pope Gregory IX went so far as to call him the anti-Christ and after his death the idea of his second coming where he would rule a 1000 year Reich took hold, possibly in part because of this. He was the son of the emperor Henry VI who had died in 1197, when Frederick was three years old. Initially he was King of Sicily, from age four. His kingdom was held for him by Pope Innocent III after the death of.
Frederick III of Sicily - Frederick III of Sicily Frederick III (1272—1337), King of Sicily, was the third son of King Peter III of Aragon and Sicily, and of Constance, daughter of Manfred. Peter died in 1285, leaving Aragon to his eldest son Alfonso III of Aragon, and Sicily to his second son James. When Alfonso died in 1291 James became king James II of Aragon, and left his brother Frederick as regent of Sicily. The war between the Angevins and the Aragonese for the possession of Sicily was still in progress, and although the Aragonese were successful in Italy James’s position in Spain became very insecure to internal troubles and French attacks. Peace negotiations were begun with Charles of Anjou, but were interrupted by the successive deaths of two popes;.
Frederick William II of Prussia - Frederick William II of Prussia Frederick William II (September 25, 1744 - November 16, 1797), king of Prussia, was known in German as Friedrich Wilhelm II. Frederick William was the son of Augustus William (the second son of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia) and of Louise Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, sister of the wife of Frederick the Great. He was born at Berlin and became heir to the throne of Prussia on his father?s death in 1758. The boy was of an easy-going and pleasure-loving disposition, averse from sustained effort of any kind, and sensual by nature. His marriage with Elisabeth Christine, daughter of Duke Charles of Brunswick, contracted in 1765, was dissolved in 1769, and he soon afterwards married Frederika Louisa, daughter of the land-grave.
Frederick William III of Prussia - Frederick William III of Prussia Frederick William III, known in German as Friedrich Wilhelm III, reigned as king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. The son of King Frederick William II of Prussia, Frederick William was born in Potsdam on August 3, 1770, and became Crown Prince in 1786, when his father ascended the throne. On December 24, 1793, Frederick William married Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a princess noted for her beauty. Frederick William came to the throne on November 16, 1797, on the death of his father. At first he and his advisors attempted to pursue a policy of neutrality in the Napoleonic Wars. Although they succeeded in keeping out of the Third Coalition in 1805, Napoleon's provocations ultimately forced Frederick William into war in October.
Frederick VIII of Schleswig and Holstein - Frederick VIII of Schleswig and Holstein Duke Frederick VIII (July 6, 1829 - January 14, 1880) (Friedrich Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg in German), was the father-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. Frederick became the symbol of the nationalist German independence-movement in Schleswig-Holstein, after his father in exchange for money had renounced his claims as first in line to inherit the twin-duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, following the London protocol of May 8th, 1852, which concluded the First war of Schleswig. In November 1863 Frederick claimed the twin-duchies in succession after King Frederick VII of Denmark, who also was the Duke of Schleswig and Holstein, and who had died without a male heir. As the duchies, but not the Danish kingdom, were inherited after the salic law,.
Frederick III the Simple - Frederick III the Simple Frederick III of Sicily (c. 1341-1377), "The Simple", King of Sicily from 1355 to 1377, was the son of Peter II of Sicily. The beginning of Frederick III's reign was plagued by intermittent wars with Naples. In 1372 he was able to come to peace terms with Naples and the Papacy and was titled as a Tributary King of "Trinacria." "Frederick the Simple" is often confused with an earlier Sicilian monarch, Frederick II, who chose to call himself "Frederick III" because he was the third son of another Sicilian king, Peter, even though he was actually only the second King Frederick to occupy the Sicilian throne. See also: Monarchs of Naples and Sicily.
Kilij Arslan II - Kilij Arslan II Kilij Arslan II (in Turkish Kılıj or Qïlïch Arslan) (died 1192) was a Seljuk sultan of Rum. He succeeded his father Mas'ud in 1156. In 1159 Kilij Arslan attacked Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus as he marched past Iconium (the capital of Rum) as Manuel returned from negotiating with Nur ad-Din in Syria. In 1161 Manuel's nephew John Contostephanus defeated Kilij Arslan, and the sultan travelled to Constantinople in a show of submission. In 1173 Kilij Arslan, now at peace with the Byzantines, allied with Nur ad-Din against Mosul. The peace treaty with the Byzantines lasted until 1175, when Kilij Arslan refused to hand over to Manuel recently conquered territory from the Danishmends, although both sides had for some time been building up their fortifications.
James II of Aragon - James II of Aragon James II of Aragon, a.k.a. James I of Sicily, second son of Peter III of Aragon, a.k.a. Peter I of Sicily. Preceded by: Alfonso III of Aragon List of Aragonese monarchs Followed by: Alfonso IV of Aragon Preceded by: Peter I of Sicily Monarchs of Naples and Sicily Followed by: Frederick III of Sicily.
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II (March 13, 1741 - 1790), Holy Roman Emperor, eldest son of the empress Maria Theresa and her husband Francis I, was born in the midst of the early upheavals of the War of the Austrian Succession. Joseph was one of the so-called "enlightened monarchs". Maria Theresa gave orders that he was only to be taught as if he were amusing himself; the result was that Joseph acquired a habit of crude and superficial study. His real education was given him by the writings of Voltaire and the Encyclopedists, and by the example of Frederick the Great. His useful training was conferred by government officials, who were directed to instruct him in the mechanical details of the administration of the numerous.
John Paul II International Airport - John Paul II International Airport John Paul II International Airport (Międzynarodowy Port Lotniczy im. Jana Pawła II Kraków-Balice) is an international (intercontinental) airport located near Krakow (in the village of Balice, 11 km west of the city, 35 minutes from the city centre), in the south of Poland. It opened for civil aviation in 1968. It is the second biggest airport in the country after the Warsaw airport (Frederick Chopin International Airport), and is the leading Polish regional airport. Krakow airport has very good prospects of development as almost eight million people live within 100 kilometers of it. It also has a favourable location in the network of existing and planned motorways in this region of Poland. In 2003, Irish low-fare airline Ryanair wanted to start its service.
Victoria, Princess Royal and Empress Frederick - Victoria, Princess Royal and Empress Frederick Victoria, the Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, later Crown Princess of Prussia (and of Germany from 1871) and the Empress Friedrich (21 November 1840-5 August 1901) was the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She married Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, who briefly reigned as the German Emperor Friedrich III in the spring and summer of 1888. Her eldest son, Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. She was the last Princess Royal to date to marry into a foreign royal house. Her Royal Highness The Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa was born at Buckingham Palace. Styled Princess Royal from birth, she was heir presumptive to the British throne until the birth of.
Isaac II Angelus - Isaac II Angelus Isaac II Angelus, Byzantine emperor 1185-1195, and again 1203-1204, was the successor of Andronicus I. He inaugurated his reign by a decisive victory over the Normans in Sicily, but elsewhere his policy was less successful. He failed in an attempt to recover Cyprus from a rebellious noble, and by the oppressiveness of his taxes drove the Bulgarians and Vlachs to revolt (1186). In 1187 Alexis Branas, the general sent against the rebels, treacherously turned his arms against his master, and attempted to seize Constantinople, but was defeated and slain. The emperor's attention was next demanded in the east, where several claimants to the throne successively rose and fell. In 1189 Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor sought and obtained leave to lead his troops on.
Haakon VII of Norway - Norway after the secession from Sweden in 1905. Baptized Carl, he was the second son of king Frederick VIII of Denmark, a younger brother of king Christian X of Denmark and a grandson of king Carl IV of Sweden. He is a direct descendant of Josephine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoleon. Prince Carl becomes king on November 18, 1905 and was crowned at Trondheim in June 1906. The king married Princess Maud, youngest daughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom. Their son, Prince Olav, was born in 1903. At Haakon's death in 1957 Prince Olav succeeded as Olav V. Preceded by: Oscar II List of Norwegian monarchs Succeeded by: Olav V.
Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland - Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland (November 27, 1745 - September 18, 1790) and Duke of Strathearn, was the sixth child of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and a younger brother of King George III. On March 4, 1767 the Duke of Cumberland allegedly married Olive Wilmot (later Mrs Payne), a commoner, in a secret ceremony. There reportedly was one child, Olivia Wilmot (1772-1834) from this relationship, though the duke's parenthood was never proven. A landscape painter and novelist, Olivia Wilmot married John Thomas Serres, 1759-1825, and later, controversially, assumed the style of Princess Olivia of Cumberland. The Duke's marriage to the commoner Lady Anne Horton (or Houghton) (1743-1808) on October 2, 1771 was the catalyst for the Royal Marriages.
George III of the United Kingdom - king's experiment (1770-82) in government through the ministry of Lord North ended in the disastrous loss in the American War of Independence (1775-83) of the thirteen British North American colonies which became the United States of America. Partly as a consequence of this, the British Government claimed Australia as the new place of penal servitude of convicts, a purpose that America had served up to that time. The eastern two-thirds of Australia had been claimed by Captain James Cook as a British possession in 1770. The first settlement was set up in Sydney in 1788. The subsequent premiership of William Pitt, the Younger (1783-1801 and 1804-06) started the restoration of Britain's fortunes and the successful prosecution (largely through subsidies to European allies) of war with revolutionary and Napoleonic France (1793-1802 and.
