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
Peter Karl Christoph von Keith, engraving by Meno Haas
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Frederick II was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia f
Peter Karl Christoph von Keith
…von Keith (24 May 1711 – 27 December 1756) 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 Keith, which granted him noble status, and was descendant from Scottish emigrants residing in Pomerania…
Portrait of Frederick II of Prussia (1763)
Frederick as a child, attributed to Antoine Pesne, c. 1715–20
Portrait of 24-year-old Frederick as the crown prince of Prussia by Antoine Pesne (1736, Huis Doorn, Netherlands)
![Frederick's marriage to Elisabeth Christine at Schloss Salzdahlum by J. G. Schmidt [de] (1733)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Arolsen_Klebeband_15_259.jpg/500px-Arolsen_Klebeband_15_259.jpg)
Frederick's marriage to Elisabeth Christine at Schloss Salzdahlum by J. G. Schmidt [de] (1733)