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Frederick the Great


Frederick as Crown Prince by Antoine Pesne, 1739.

Frederick as Crown Prince by Antoine Pesne, 1739.

Frederick would come to the throne with an exceptional inheritance: an army of 80,000 men. By 1770, after two decades of punishing war alternating with intervals of peace, Frederick would have doubled the size of the huge army,  which during his reign would consume 86% of the state budget.

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