Enlightened despots

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Frederick the Great Image: Fritz Pd (image/jpeg)	King of Prussia (1740-1786). Was introduced by voltaire how to be an enlightened ruller. That made Prussia, the best governed country in Europe.
Peter the Great Image: Peter The Great Medium (image/jpeg)	Russia (1682-1725). Not exactly an enlighened leader, but he worked into joining Russia into Europe
Catherine the Great Image: Oil Catherine Ii Canvas Collection Richard Brompton 1782 (image/jpeg)	Russia (1762-1796). Left Peter III and rulled alone, was inspired by the works of Montesquieu & voltaire and started to do work inspired by them.
Maria Theresa Image: Kaiserin Maria Theresia (Hrr) (image/jpeg)	Austria (1740-1780). When she inherited the throne she noticed that austria needed to improve mostly everything.
Joseph II Image: B837da139e76789267315eb6822e2cd2 (image/jpeg)	Austria (1780-1790). furthered the job of his mother enfocating in lowering the power of the religion while his mother went more general.

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