Frederick the Great: Gay King of Europe

Video Sponsored by Ridge Wallet. Check them out here: Use Code EMPEROR for 10 off your order Oh yes, Frederick the Great was one of Europe s most accomplished monarchs. He was also quite gay, and history covered it up for centuries. Support this channel with my Patreon : Special thanks to 3 Arrows for reading those German words: Music used: Brandenburg Concerto by Johannes Sebastian Bach Sources used: Ashton, Bodie A. Kingship, Sexuality and Courtly Masculinity: Frederick the Great and Prussia on the Cusp of Modernity. ANU Historical Journal II, no. 1 (2019): 10935. Asprey, Robert B. Frederick the Great: the Magnificent Enigma. New York, NY: Ticknor Fields, 1986. Beachy, Robert. The German Invention of The Journal of Modern History 82, no. 4 (2010): 80138. Coler, Oeconomia ruralis et domestica Hohberg, Georgica curiosa aucta Kugler, Franz Theodor (1845). History of