Friedrich II. von Hessen-Kassel (1720-1785)
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- Name (English)
- Friedrich II. von Hessen-Kassel
- Short name
- Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
- Year of birth
- 1720
- Year of death
- 1785
- Short Description
- "Frederick II (German: Landgraf Friedrich II von Hessen-Kassel) (14 August 1720 – 31 October 1785) was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) from 1760 to 1785. He ruled as an enlightened despot, and raised money by renting soldiers (called "Hessians") to Great Britain to help fight the American Revolutionary War. He combined Enlightenment ideas with Christian values, cameralist plans for central control of the economy, and a militaristic approach toward international diplomacy." - (en.wikipedia.org 10.11.2019)
- Entity Encoding
- piz
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Urkunde, Friedrich II. von Hessen-Kassel, Lehen-Brieff vor die Lersner zu Franckfurth, 1762.
Urkunde, Max Friedrich von...
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Urkunde, Friedrich II. von Hessen--Kassel, Lehenbrief für die Lersner zu Franckfurt, 1785.
Urkunde, Friedrich II. von...
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Image: Taunus-Rhein-Main - Regionalgeschichtliche Sammlung Dr. Stefan Naas - CC BY-NC-SA -
Urkunde, Friedrich II. von Hessen--Kassel, Lehen-Brief vor die Lersner zu Franckfurth, 1760
Urkunde, Friedrich II. von...
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Image: Taunus-Rhein-Main - Regionalgeschichtliche Sammlung Dr. Stefan Naas - CC BY-NC-SA
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