



Produced by David Widger





HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA

FREDERICK THE GREAT

By Thomas Carlyle


TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOOKS CHAPTERS

22 VOLUMES



Project Gutenberg Editor's Note

Reproofing this old Project Gutenberg edition of the History of
Frederick the Great has been both rewarding and disappointing. Each of
the first 21 original volumes had many hundreds of errors corrected--many
remain. The editor was fortunate to have a good printed set of all 22
volumes available for reference when there were questions in the etext.
The original PG edition had some severe basic problems: two of the most
important were first, that the etext was posted in the ASCII character
set--a heavy defect in books full of words in German; and second, the
footnotes were not marked as such in the etext but rather the footnote
material was simply inserted into the main text making it impossible
most of the time to tell what is text and what footnote. Another of the
peculiarities in this set: many words are a combination of lower and
upper case--likely done in the original contributor's print copy for
emphasis of certain syllables.

In spite of the many months taken in correcting the 22 volumes, they are
reposted with regret they are not better and with the realization the
renovated edition is a poor representation of this great work. This
reposting I consider an interim step, with the hope another volunteer
will someday produce a new PG edition from new scans saved in unicode or
Latin-1 with linked footnotes--a project I am unlikely to have time to
accomplish.

David Widger

June 12, 2008




BOOKS BOOK I. -- BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. - 1712.

BOOK II. -- OF BRANDENBURG AND THE HOHENZOLLERNS. - 928-1417.

BOOK III. -- THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. - 1412-1718

BOOK IV. -- FRIEDRICH'S APPRENTICESHIP, FIRST STAGE. - 1713-1728.

BOOK V. -- DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND WHAT ELEMENT IT FELL INTO. -
1723-1726.

BOOK VI. -- DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND CROWN-PRINCE, GOING ADRIFT
UNDER THE STORM-WINDS. - 1727-1730.

BOOK VII. -- FEARFUL SHIPWRECK OF THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT. - Feb.-
Nov., 1730.

BOOK VIII. -- CROWN-PRINCE REPRIEVED: LIFE AT CUSTRIN - Nov. 1730-
February, 1732.

BOOK IX. -- LAST STAGE OF FRIEDRICH'S APPRENTICESHIP: LIFE IN RUPPIN. -
1732-1736.

BOOK X. -- AT REINSBERG. - 1736-1740.

BOOK XI. -- FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND. -- June-December, 1740.

BOOK XII. -- FIRST SILESIAN WAR, AWAKENING A GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE,
BEGINS. -- December, 1740-May, 1741.

BOOK XIII. -- FIRST SILESIAN WAR, LEAVING THE GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE
ABLAZE ALL ROUND, GETS ENDED. -- May, 1741-July, 1742.








TABLE OF CONTENTS OF ALL CHAPTERS

BOOK I. -- BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. -- 1712.

Chapter I. -- PROEM: FRIEDRICH'S HISTORY FROM THE DISTANCE WE ARE AT. 1.
FRIEDRICH THEN, AND FRIEDRICH NOW. 2. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 3. ENGLISH
PREPOSSESSIONS. 4. ENCOURAGEMENTS, DISCOURAGEMENTS.

Chapter II. -- FRIEDRICH'S BIRTH.

Chapter III. -- FATHER AND MOTHER: THE HANOVERIAN CONNECTION.

Chapter IV. -- FATHER'S MOTHER.

Chapter V. -- KING FRIEDRICH I.



BOOK II. -- OF BRANDENBURG AND THE HOHENZOLLERNS. - 928-1417.

Chapter I. -- BRANNIBOR: HENRY THE FOWLER.

Chapter II. -- PREUSSEN: SAINT ADALBERT.

Chapter III. -- MARKGRAVES OF BRANDENBURG. END OF THE FIRST SHADOWY
LINE. SECOND SHADOWY LINE. SUBSTANTIAL MARKGRAVES: GLIMPSE OF THE
CONTEMPORARY KAISERS.

Chapter IV. -- ALBERT THE BEAR.

Chapter V. -- CONRAD OF HOHENZOLLERN; AND KAISER BARBAROSSA. CONRAD HAS
BECOME BURGGRAF OF NURNBERG (A.D. 1170). OF THE HOHENZOLLERN BURGGRAVES
GENERALLY.

Chapter VI. -- THE TEUTSCH RITTERS OR TEUTONIC ORDER. HEAD OF TEUTSCH
ORDER MOVES TO VENICE. TEUTSCH ORDER ITSELF GOES TO PREUSSEN. THE STUFF
TEUTSCH RITTERS WERE MADE OF CONRAD OF THURINGEN: SAINT ELIZABETH; TOWN
OF MARBURG.

Chapter VII. -- MARGRAVIATE OF CULMBACH: BAIREUTH, ANSPACH. BURGGRAF
FRIEDRICH III.; AND THE ANARCHY OF NINETEEN YEARS. KAISER RUDOLF AND
BURGGRAF FRIEDRICH III.

Chapter VIII. -- ASCANIER MARKGRAVES IN BRANDENBURG. OF BERLIN CITY.
MARKGRAF OTTO IV., OR OTTO WITH THE ARROW

Chapter IX. -- BURGGRAF FRIEDRICH IV. CONTESTED ELECTIONS IN THE REICH:
KAISER ALBERT I.; AFTER WHOM SIX NON-HAPSBURG KAISERS. OF KAISER HENRY
VII. AND THE LUXEMBURG KAISERS. HENRY'S SON JOHANN IS KING OF BOHEMIA;
AND LUDWIG THE BAVARIAN, WITH A CONTESTED ELECTION, IS KAISER.

Chapter X. -- BRANDENBURG LAPSES TO THE KAISER.

Chapter XI. -- BAYARIAN KURFURSTS IN BRANDENBURG. A RESUSCITATED
ASCANIER; THE FALSE WALDEMAR. MARGARET WITH THE POUCH-MOUTH.

Chapter XII. -- BRANDENBURG IN KAISER KARL'S TIME; END OF THE BAVARIAN
KURFURSTS. END OF RESUSCITATED WALDEMAR; KURFURST LUDWIG SELLS OUT.
SECOND, AND THEN THIRD AND LAST, OF THE BAVARIAN KURFURSTS IN
BRANDENBURG.

Chapter XIII. -- LUXEMBURG KURFURSTS IN BRANDENBURG.

Chapter XIV. -- BURGGRAF FRIEDRICH VI. SIGISMUND IS KURFURST OF
BRANDENBURG, BUT IS KING OF HUNGARY ALSO. COUSIN JOBST HAS BRANDENBURG
IN PAWN. BRANDENBURG IN THE HANDS OF THE PAWNBROKERS; RUPERT OF THE
PFALZ IS KAISER. SIGISMUND, WITH A STRUGGLE, BECOMES KAISER. BRANDENBURG
IS PAWNED FOR THE LAST TIME. THE SEVEN INTERCALARY OR NON-HAPSBURG
KAISERS.



BOOK III. -- THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. - 1412-1718

Chapter 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.



BOOK IV. -- FRIEDRICH'S APPRENTICESHIP, FIRST STAGE. - 1713-1728.

Chapter I. -- CHILDHOOD: DOUBLE EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT. FIRST EDUCATIONAL
ELEMENT, THE FRENCH ONE.

Chapter II. -- THE GERMAN ELEMENT. OF THE DESSAUER, NOT YET "OLD."

Chapter III. -- FRIEDRICH WILHELM IS KING.

Chapter IV. -- HIS MAJESTY'S WAYS.

Chapter V. -- FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S ONE WAR. THE DEVIL IN HARNESS: CREUTZ
THE FINANCE-MINISTER.

Chapter VI. -- THE LITTLE DRUMMER.

Chapter VII. -- TRANSIT OF CZAR PETER.

Chapter VIII. -- THE CROWN-PRINCE IS PUT TO HIS SCHOOLING.

Chapter IX. -- WUSTERHAUSEN.

Chapter X. -- THE HEIDELBERG PROTESTANTS. OF KUR-PFALZ KARL PHILIP: HOW
HE GOT A WIFE LONG SINCE, AND DID FEATS IN THE WORLD. KARL PHILIP AND
HIS HEIDELBERG PROTESTANTS. FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S METHOD;--PROVES REMEDIAL
IN HEIDELBERG. PRUSSIAN MAJESTY HAS DISPLEASED THE KAISER AND THE KING
OF POLAND.

Chapter XI. -- ON THE CROWN-PRINCE'S PROGRESS IN HIS SCHOOLING. THE
NOLTENIUS-AND-PANZENDORF DRILL-EXERCISE.

Chapter XII. -- CROWN-PRINCE FALLS INTO DISFAVOR WITH PAPA.

Chapter XIII. -- RESULTS OF THE CROWN-PRINCE'S SCHOOLING.



BOOK V. -- DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND WHAT ELEMENT IT FELL INTO. --
1723-1726.

Chapter I. -- DOUBLE-MARRIAGE IS DECIDED ON. QUEEN SOPHIE DOROTHEE HAS
TAKEN TIME BY THE FORELOCK. PRINCESS AMELIA COMES INTO THE WORLD.
FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S TEN CHILDREN.

Chapter II. -- A KAISER HUNTING SHADOWS. IMPERIAL MAJESTY ON THE TREATY
OF UTRECHT. IMPERIAL MAJESTY HAS GOT HAPPILY WEDDED. IMPERIAL MAJESTY
AND THE TERMAGANT OF SPAIN. IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S PRAGMATIC SANCTION. THIRD
SHADOW: IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S OSTEND COMPANY.

Chapter III. -- THE SEVEN CRISES OR EUROPEAN TRAVAIL-THROES. CONGRESS OF
CAMBRAI. CONGRESS OF CAMBRAI GETS THE FLOOR PULLED FROM UNDER IT. FRANCE
AND THE BRITANNIC MAJESTY TRIM THE SHIP AGAIN: HOW FRIEDRICH WILHELM
CAME INTO IT. TREATY OF HANOVER, 1725. TRAVAIL-THROES OF NATURE FOR BABY
CARLOS'S ITALIAN APANAGE; SEVEN IN NUMBER.

Chapter IV. -- DOUBLE-MARRIAGE TREATY CANNOT BE SIGNED.

Chapter V. -- CROWN-PRINCE GOES INTO THE POTSDAM GUARDS. OF THE POTSDAM
GIANTS, AS A FACT. FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S RECRUITING DIFFICULTIES. QUEEN
SOPHIE'S TROUBLES: GRUMKOW WITH THE OLD DESSAUER, AND GRUMKOW WITHOUT
HIM.

Chapter VI. -- ORDNANCE-MASTER SECKENDORF CROSSES THE PALACE ESPLANADE.

Chapter VII. -- TOBACCO-PARLIAMENT. OF GUNDLING, AND THE LITERARY MEN IN
TOBACCO-PARLIAMENT.

Chapter VIII. -- SECKENDORF'S RETORT TO HER MAJESTY.



BOOK VI. -- DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND CROWN-PRINCE, GOING ADRIFT
UNDER THE STORM-WINDS. -- 1727-1730.

Chapter I. -- FIFTH CRISIS IN THE KAISER'S SPECTRE-HUNT. CROWN-PRINCE
SEEN IN DRYASDUST'S GLASS, DARKLY.

Chapter II. -- DEATH OF GEORGE I. HIS PRUSSIAN MAJESTY FALLS INTO ONE OF
HIS HYPOCHONDRIACAL FITS.

Chapter III. -- VISIT TO DRESDEN. THE PHYSICALLY STRONG PAYS HIS
COUNTER-VISIT. OF PRINCESS WHILHELMINA'S FOUR KINGS AND OTHER
INEFFECTUAL SUITORS.

Chapter IV. -- DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT IS NOT DEAD. CROWN-PRINCE
FRIEDRICH WRITES CERTAIN LETTERS. DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT RE-EMERGES IN
AN OFFICIAL SHAPE. HIS MAJESTY SLAUGHTERS 3,602 HEAD OF WILD SWINE.
FALLS ILL, IN CONSEQUENCE; AND THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE CANNOT GET FORWARD.

Chapter V. -- CONGRESS OF SOISSONS, SIXTH CRISIS IN THE SPECTRE-HUNT.

Chapter VI. -- IMMINENCY OF WAR OR DUEL BETWEEN THE BRITANNIC AND
PRUSSIAN MAJESTIES. CAUSE FIRST: THE HANOVER JOINT-HERITAGES, WHICH ARE
NOT IN A LIQUID STATE. CAUSE SECOND: THE TROUBLES OF MECKLENBURG. CAUSES
THIRD AND FOURTH:--AND CAUSE FIFTH, WORTH ALL THE OTHERS. TROUBLES OF
MECKLENBURG, FOR THE LAST TIME. ONE NUSSLER SETTLES THE AHLDEN
HERITAGES; SENDS THE MONEY HOME IN BOXES.

Chapter VII. -- A MARRIAGE: NOT THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE: CROWN-PRINCE DEEP
IN TROUBLE. CROWN-PRINCE'S DOMESTICITIES SEEN IN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING.

Chapter VIII. -- CROWN-PRINCE GETTING BEYOND HIS DEPTH IN TROUBLE.

Chapter IX. -- DOUBLE-MARRIAGE SHALL BE OR SHALL NOT BE. WILHELMINA TO
BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS FIRST: ENGLAND SHALL SAY YES OR SAY NO.
DUBOURGAY STRIKES A LIGHT FOR THE ENGLISH COURT. WILHELMINA TO BE
