Comparing Catherine The Great And Frederick The Great

Catherine the great and Louis the XIV they both had lots of power in their lifetimes.

Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan are both legendary leaders. They conquered vast areas of land and took down great armies. But that is where their similarities end. Alexander is known for his great strategy. Khan is known for his cruelty. Even though they were both great leaders, their lives could not be more different.

After a failed coup of power from Sophia in 1689, by using the revolt of an armed force(streltsy) backfired, Peter took back by force his rightful title. Peter alongside his brother ruled from 1689 to 1696, but after Ivans death, Peter ruled by himself from 1696 to 1725. Although Peter’s rule of Russia was about of 36 years, 7 of those years being with Ivan, he was able to accomplish very much. In the summer of 1698, Peter was able to

Frederick’s justification for taking the Kingship is that he was trying to restore peace and protect the Protestants in Bohemia. He claims that the Protestants were being victimized and that if he did not assume control in Bohemia then the blame for any more lives lost in the conflict could be placed on him. He explains why him taking control should not be seen as a power grab in the following quote:

Patience, let me first tell you about the Orlov family. The Orlovs struck fear into Alexander I, the Emperor of Russia, then they helped strike him down. Catherine the Great came to power due to Baron Orlov's role in Emperor Peter III's death.

Nicholas was known to be narrow-minded and weak-willed. He hated politics and was dominated by his wife, Tsarina Alexandra. Marie Antoinette was not the only queen with a famous and powerful woman in her family. Alexandra’s grandmother was Queen Victoria of England. Alexandra saw herself as English, not French, and she had no desire to even learn the Russian language.

Catherine now had to give birth to a son as the heir to the throne, but it was going to be hard due to Ulrich’s

Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great were both two very powerful leaders in the first and second century BC. They came from different backgrounds and rose to power in different manners. Their achievements and policies affected Rome and Greece history and future drastically. Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great were successful and ambitious leaders that are different and similar in many aspects, such as their background, rise to power, the ends of their power, and their accomplishments in their careers.

In the informational articles “Empress Theodora” and “Elizabeth I” by The World Almanac and Milton Meltzer. Both articles are about 2 brave history changing women who ruled in times long ago.

King George was born on June 4, 1738. He past away on January 29, 1820, he was 81 years old. George is married to Sophia Charlotte, daughter of Duke. He met Sophia on his wedding day, September 8, 1761 at 3 pm. in the afternoon. George and Sophia have been married for 57 years. They have 16 kids, 10 sons and 6 daughters. He bought a house, in London and it soon became Buckingham palace(King).

Alexandra the great was a Macedonian king. He was born July 356 BC. His parents are King Philipp the second and queen Olympia. When he inherited the Macedonian empire from his father he continued to prolong the empire to great proportions, with the help of his troops. Alexandra is greatly known due to the fact that he conquered more land than any other king, during his time. Alexandra’s built an extensive empire that had a cultural impact on the east and west. He also was a great leader as well as a great conqueror, at the young age of twenty years old he was an experienced and trained solider, with his father’s aspiration; who was also a great conqueror. He started to form the forces necessary to conquer Persia, and even after he conquered most of Persia he was still displeased and wanted more land.

Theseus: Although, There are many Enlightened Absolute rulers and they all did things a little bit differently i'm going to talk about Frederick the great, Voltaire, and Catherine II of Russia.

Throughout their reign, Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII were a very religious, Catholic, queen and king. They attended mass almost every day and followed the strict rules of the Roman Catholic Church. During his Kingship, Henry remained a devout Catholic who did not appreciate Protestantism. He wrote a book attacking the ideas of the German Protestant reformer Martin Luther. For that, the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church gave him the title of “Defender of the Faith” (Dwyer 13). Henry VIII became a favorite of the Roman Catholic Church, which was crucial to the Catholic religion of England. Henry agreed with the Roman Church completely besides one tenet: divorce.

After the empress died, Peter became emperor of Russia, but was losing popularity with Russia's people, nobles and peasants alike. He would wear a Prussian army uniform, and order his regiments to do the same. So it was no surprise to anyone that six months into his reign, Peter was overthrown, and with the help of the Imperial Guard, Catherine was crowned empress of all Russia. Everyone pledged his or her allegiance to Catherine, who was a much better ruler than the weak and incompetent Peter.

Frederick II was born on December 26, 1194. His mother, Constance of Sicily, died when Frederick was a young child. His