Generations of Germans believe Frederick the Great brought the beloved potato to Germany. But the legend, which includes ...

In 1975, Saudi Arabian Prince Museid was publicly beheaded in Riyadh for the assassination of his uncle, King Faisal. In 1979, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed ...

Many Germans believe Frederick the Great brought potatoes to the country. It’s not true - The potato is part of the German ...

Frederick William II (1744 - 1797) was from 1786 King of Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg, and elector the Holy Roman Empire. Woodcut engraving after a painting (1793) by Johann Heinrich Schröder ...

As was the custom at the time, the new-born prince was given a long string of names: Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Marie Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges. These were references to his father’s relatives: ...

As was the custom at the time, the new-born prince was given a long string of names: Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Marie Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges. These were references to his father’s relatives: ...

America was not the only nation at war with Great Britain during at this time. France, Spain and the Netherlands were also at ...

A beautiful city filled with palaces and gardens, history lovers will find plenty of things to do in Potsdam, Germany.

It has done no favours to the modern reputation of King Frederick II of Prussia – ‘Frederick the Great’ – that Hitler, during the mad final days of the Third Reich, placed the monarch’s portrait above ...

Frederick II of Prussia (1712—1786) Who was he? A Prussian king and military leader — and the longest reigning of all the Hohenzollern kings. His youth was marred by a jarring relationship with his ...