Enlightened Despots

1. Catherine the Great of Russia (r. 1762-1796)

1.1. German

1.2. Wife of Czar Peter III

1.2.1. Controlled gov after Peter's "accidental" death

1.3. Increased European Culture in Russia

1.3.1. Peasant Reforms

1.3.2. Territorial Expansion

1.4. Corresponded with Diderot

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2. Charles III of Spain (r.1759-1788)

2.1. Bourbon Family

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2.2. Improved Life for Spanish

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2.3. Suppressed Jesuits

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3. Maria Theresa of Austria (r. 1740-1780)

3.1. Brought financial and educational reforms

3.1.1. Promoted commerce and the development of agriculture

3.1.2. Reorganized Austria's ramshackle military

3.2. Refused to allow religious toleration

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3.3. Revitalised empire that influenced the rest of Europe

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4. Gustav III of Sweden (r. 1771-1792)

4.1. Forced Parliment to accept new constitution

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4.2. Simulated Literature

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5. Frederick the Great (r. 1740-1786)

5.1. King of Prussia

5.1.1. Military Victories - The Seven Years War

5.1.2. Patron of the arts and the Enlightenment in Prussia

5.2. Youth

5.2.1. Interested in Music and Art

5.2.2. Defied his father - Frederick William I

5.3. Modernized the Prussian bureaucracy and civil service

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5.4. Pursued religious policies throughout his realm