Frederick the Great
Frederick William is an icon all to himself and with no surprise such characters and ideals were pass on to his son Frederick William II. He had such a character that he would surpass the greatness of his own father and will be later known as Frederick the Great. The great life of Frederick William II came alive in Berlin at the day of his birth; January 24, 1712. Born to Frederick William I of Brandeburg-Prussia and Sophia Dorothea, his life would be nothing out of an ordinary. Name after by his grandfather the first King of Prussia, he believed that the name Frederick “has always brought good fortune to my House” (Asprey) that he bestowed such a name. ... Born with wealth and privilege, Frederick has unlimited resources given to him. ... It was told that “he was a sickly little fellow, the source of great anxiety to parents and nurses, and especially to his grandfather the king” (Asprey) but in the end he surpass and the first to the many adversities he would prevail in the future. ... Frederick William I appointed the tutors and commanded to teach only the basic skills such as reading, writing, and counting and that culture is of no importance. ... He also ask that “he was to learn no history before the sixteenth century” (Mitford) controlling even the studies Frederick must learn. ... Employing Mme de Roucolle as the governess to the royal children and Jacques Duhan de Jandun as the tutor of Frederick. Mme de Roucolle was a great friend of Queen Sophia and always talks about her while Jacques Duhan had an enormous influence over Frederick’s intellectual formation Frederick’s mother however is in complete opposite about the upbringing of their son. ... All went well until Frederick was eight he began to implore Duhan to teach him Latin and Classical history, subjects that his father expressly forbade. ... It had been said that “Dohna was also responsible for Frederick William’s love of the army” (Asprey) which is enthusiastically encouraged by the king.