History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03FREDERICK THE GREATReading editionChapter navigation44 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…FREDERICK THE GREATChapter I · — KURFURST FRIEDRICH I.Chapter II · — MATINEES DU ROI DE PRUSSE.Chapter III · — KURFURST FRIEDRICH II.Chapter IV · — KURFURST ALBERT ACHILLES, AND HIS SUCCESSOR.JOHANN THE CICERO IS FOURTH KURFURST, AND LEAVES TWO NOTABLE SONS.Chapter V · — OF THE BAIREUTH-ANSPACH BRANCH.TWO LINES IN CULMBACH OR BAIREUTH-ANSPACH: THE GERA BOND OF 1598.THE ELDER LINE OF CULMBACH: FRIEDRICH AND HIS THREE NOTABLE SONS THERE.FRIEDRICH'S SECOND SON, MARGRAF GEORGE OF ANSPACH.Chapter VI · — HOCHMEISTER ALBERT, THIRD NOTABLE SON OF FRIEDRICH.Chapter VII · — ALBERT ALCIBIADES.Chapter VIII · — HISTORICAL MEANING OF THE REFORMATION.Chapter IX · — KURFURST JOACHIM I.Chapter X · — KURFURST JOACHIM II.JOACHIM GETS CO-INVESTMENT IN PREUSSEN.JOACHIM MAKES "HERITAGE-BROTHERHOOD" WITH THE DUKE OF LIEGNITZ.Chapter XI · — SEVENTH KURFURST, JOHANN GEORGE.Chapter XII · — OF ALBERT FRIEDRICH, THE SECOND DUKE OF PREUSSEN.OF DUKE ALBERT FRIEDRICH'S MARRIAGE: WHO HIS WIFE WAS, AND WHAT HER POSSIBLE DOWRY.MARGRAF GEORGE FRIEDRICH COMES TO PREUSSEN TO ADMINISTER.Chapter XIII · — NINTH KURFURST, JOHANN SIGISMUND.HOW THE CLEVE HERITAGE DROPPED, AND MANY SPRANG TO PICK IT UP.THE KAISER'S THOUGHTS ABOUT IT, AND THE WORLD'S.Chapter XIV · — SYMPTOMS OF A GREAT WAR COMING.FIRST SYMPTOM; DONAUWORTH, 1608.SYMPTOM THIRD: A DINNER-SCENE AT DUSSELDORF, 1613: SPANIARDS AND DUTCH SHOULDER ARMS IN CLEVE.SYMPTOM FOURTH, AND CATASTROPHE UPON THE HEELS OF IT.WHAT BECAME OF THE CLEVE-JULICH HERITAGE, AND OF THE PREUSSEN ONE.Chapter XV · — TENTH KURFURST, GEORGE WILHELM.Chapter XVI · — THIRTY-YEARS WAR.SECOND ACT, OR EPOCH, 1624-1629. A SECOND UNCLE PUT TO THE BAN, AND POMMERN SNATCHED AWAY.THIRD ACT, AND WHAT THE KURFURST SUFFERED IN IT.Chapter XVII · — DUCHY OF JAGERNDORF.DUKE OF JAGERNDORF, ELECTOR'S UNCLE, IS PUT UNDER BAN.Chapter XVIII · — FRIEDRICH WILHELM, THE GREAT KURFURST, ELEVENTH OF THE SERIES.WHAT BECAME OF POMMERN AT THE PEACE; FINAL GLANCE INTO CLEVE-JULICH.THE GREAT KURFURST'S WARS: WHAT HE ACHIEVED IN WAR AND PEACE.Chapter XIX · — KING FRIEDRICH I. AGAIN.HOW AUSTRIA SETTLED THE SILESIAN CLAIMS.HIS REAL CHARACTER.Chapter XX · — DEATH OF KING FRIEDRICH I.THE TWELVE HOHENZOLLERN ELECTORS.GENEALOGICAL DIAGRAM: THE TWO CULMBACH LINES.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Volume 3 / Book 3 — Chapter I · — KURFURST FRIEDRICH I.All chapters and sections (44)Other sectionsFREDERICK THE GREATVolume 3 / Book 3 · Chapters1234Volume 3 / Book 3 · Other sectionsJOHANN THE CICERO IS FOURTH KURFURST, AND LEAVES TWO NOTABLE SONS.Volume 3 / Book 3 · Chapters5Volume 3 / Book 3 · Other sectionsTWO LINES IN CULMBACH OR BAIREUTH-ANSPACH: THE GERA BOND OF 1598.THE ELDER LINE OF CULMBACH: FRIEDRICH AND HIS THREE NOTABLE SONS THERE.FRIEDRICH'S SECOND SON, MARGRAF GEORGE OF ANSPACH.Volume 3 / Book 3 · Chapters678910Volume 3 / Book 3 · Other sectionsJOACHIM GETS CO-INVESTMENT IN PREUSSEN.JOACHIM MAKES "HERITAGE-BROTHERHOOD" WITH THE DUKE OF LIEGNITZ.Volume 3 / Book 3 · Chapters1112Volume 3 / Book 3 · Other sectionsOF DUKE ALBERT FRIEDRICH'S MARRIAGE: WHO HIS WIFE WAS, AND WHAT HER POSSIBLE DOWRY.MARGRAF GEORGE FRIEDRICH COMES TO PREUSSEN TO ADMINISTER.Volume 3 / Book 3 · Chapters13Volume 3 / Book 3 · Other sectionsHOW THE CLEVE HERITAGE DROPPED, AND MANY SPRANG TO PICK IT UP.THE KAISER'S THOUGHTS ABOUT IT, AND THE WORLD'S.Volume 3 / Book 3 · Chapters14Volume 3 / Book 3 · Other sectionsFIRST SYMPTOM; DONAUWORTH, 1608.SYMPTOM THIRD: A DINNER-SCENE AT DUSSELDORF, 1613: SPANIARDS AND DUTCH SHOULDER ARMS IN CLEVE.SYMPTOM FOURTH, AND CATASTROPHE UPON THE HEELS OF IT.WHAT BECAME OF THE CLEVE-JULICH HERITAGE, AND OF THE PREUSSEN ONE.Volume 3 / Book 3 · Chapters1516Volume 3 / Book 3 · Other sectionsSECOND ACT, OR EPOCH, 1624-1629. A SECOND UNCLE PUT TO THE BAN, AND POMMERN SNATCHED AWAY.THIRD ACT, AND WHAT THE KURFURST SUFFERED IN IT.Volume 3 / Book 3 · Chapters17Volume 3 / Book 3 · Other sectionsDUKE OF JAGERNDORF, ELECTOR'S UNCLE, IS PUT UNDER BAN.Volume 3 / Book 3 · Chapters18Volume 3 / Book 3 · Other sectionsWHAT BECAME OF POMMERN AT THE PEACE; FINAL GLANCE INTO CLEVE-JULICH.THE GREAT KURFURST'S WARS: WHAT HE ACHIEVED IN WAR AND PEACE.Volume 3 / Book 3 · Chapters19Volume 3 / Book 3 · Other sectionsHOW AUSTRIA SETTLED THE SILESIAN CLAIMS.HIS REAL CHARACTER.Volume 3 / Book 3 · Chapters20Volume 3 / Book 3 · Other sectionsTHE TWELVE HOHENZOLLERN ELECTORS.GENEALOGICAL DIAGRAM: THE TWO CULMBACH LINES.By Thomas CarlyleChapter I. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH I. →