[Born at Berlin, 1726. Died at Rheinsberg, in Prussia, 1802. Aged 76.]
The son of Frederic William I., of Prussia, and brother of Frederic the
Great. A student in his youth, and a distinguished soldier in his
manhood. He held important command during the Seven Years’ War. In later
life, when he withdrew into retirement, he erected in his garden a
monument on a huge mound of earth. It was raised in memory of his
companions in arms, and underneath, it, in a vault, he directed that
his own remains should be interred.
[By Emil Wolff. Marble. 1847. It was modelled at Rome. The original is
in the Palace at Berlin.]