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

Speaking of the term "the Great," in relation to Emperor Frederick, W.F. Reddaway says in his book in the Heroes of the Nations Series on "Frederick the Great, and the Rise of Prussia," that he ...

Frederick wasn’t just a king—he was becoming a legend, and Prussia was rising fast.

The rehabilitation of Frederick the Great in Germany, which the current birth-year commemorations are attempting to crown, glance in the direction of his wars, but then quickly turn to his ...

Sep. 16—It's fair week! The Great Frederick Fair opens Sept. 17 at the Frederick Fairgrounds and runs through Sept. 25, offering an array of fair food vendors, rides and games, farm animals and ...

The rare Friesan horse in Arkansas has its own Facebook fan page. — -- Looking like a page straight out of Italian heartthrob Fabio's book, Frederick the Great has unofficially been crowned ...

Sep. 11—More than 230,000 visitors attend the nine-day Great Frederick Fair each year for family entertainment, live music on the Grandstand stage, motorsport events, amusement rides, contests ...

Son of an abusive father, Frederick II blossomed when he took the throne. He attracted the great thinkers of Europe to his court while establishing Prussia as a dominant military power.

POTSDAM, Germany — Margit Lichtenberger glowed yesterday after she walked by the coffin holding the body of Frederick the Great, one of Germany’s most famous historical figures. “… ...

The assignment, out of the casual spaces in the capital under the control of Congress, of a “Frederick the Great Circle” would have been an invidious and difficult work.