Hans Hermann von Katte
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Hans Hermann von Katte was a Lieutenant of the Prussian Army, and a friend, tutor and possible lover of the future King Frederick II of Prussia, who was at the time the Crown Prince. Katte was execute
Katte
Katte's decapitation
Mausoleum of the Katte family in Wust, Sachsen-Anhalt
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Peter Karl Christoph von Keith was a Prussian statesman, military officer, and confidant of Crown Prince Frederick II, later known as Frederick the Great. Keith was of a branch of the Scottish Clan Ke
Hans Hermann von Katte
…reports that the two treated each other “like a lover with his mistress.” As a close friend and confidant of the Crown Prince, Katte succeeded the page Peter Karl Christoph von Keith, whom the king had recently transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 31 in Wesel as a lieutenant because he disapproved of his influence on his son…
Peter Karl Christoph von Keith, engraving by Meno Haas