Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . f gold. Indeed, itwas his toil and economy that made possible the warlikeachievements of his far better-known son. The Wars of Frederick the Great 84. In his early years Frederick II grieved and disgusted his Accession ofboorish old father by his dislike for military life and his interest ^f Prussiain books and music. He was a particular admirer of the French ^^iied the ^ Great, 1740- 17861 He was not king of all of Prussia. Frederick the Great changed it
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . f gold. Indeed, itwas his toil and economy that made possible the warlikeachievements of his far better-known son. The Wars of Frederick the Great 84. In his early years Frederick II grieved and disgusted his Accession ofboorish old father by his dislike for military life and his interest ^f Prussiain books and music. He was a particular admirer of the French ^^iied the ^ Great, 1740- 17861 He was not king of all of Prussia. Frederick the Great changed it to Kingof Prussia after the incorporation of the rest, in the partition of Poland. 412 Medieval and Modern Times and wrote all his works in their tongue. No sooner had he becomeking, however, than he suddenly developed marvelous energyand ruthlessness in warlike enterprises. Chance favored his de-signs. The emperor Charles VI, the last representative of thedirect male line of the Hapsburgs, died in 1740, just a fewmonths before Frederick ascended the throne, leaving only adaughter, Maria Theresa, to inherit his vast and miscellaneous. Fredericksattack uponSilesia Fig. 110. Frederick II of Prussia, commonly calledTHE Great dominions. He had induced the other European powers topromise to accept the pragmatic sanction, or solemn will, inwhich he left everything to the young Maria Theresa; but shehad no sooner begun to reign than her greedy neighbors preparedto seize her lands. Her greatest enemy was the newly crownedking of Prussia, who at first pretended friendship for determined to seize Silesia, a strip of Hapsburg territorylying to the southeast of Brandenburg. In true Prussian fashionhe marched his army into the coveted district and occupied the Rise of Russia attd Prussia ; Austria 4^3 important city of Breslau without declaring war or offering anyexcuse except a vague claim to part of tlie land.^ \Mthin a sliort time France had joined with Bavaria in The War o
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