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Jacques Duhan de Jandun

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Upon Frederick's becoming King of Prussia in 1740, Duhan was appointed director of the Liegnitz Academy in Silesia. Frederick outlined his duties: "to peacefully draw your salary, to love me, and to enjoy yourself." He continued his regular correspondence with Frederick throughout the Silesian Wars.
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In spite of the king's orders, Duhan, over the twelve years of his service, continually scaled back the prince's religious education in favor of Greek, Roman, and French literature. He secretly secured for Frederick a private library of some three thousand volumes, housed at the Schlossfreiheit, and
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Frederick returned from victory in the Second Silesian War to news of Duhan's grave illness. The victorious king attended the death bed of his old tutor, and in early January 1746 Jacques Duhan died, attended by Frederick and various princes of Prussia. His sister was given a lifelong pension by
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Frederick William drew up an elaborate schedule for the Prince's education, cutting out studies of poetry, philosophy, and ancient history in favor of an increased concentration on religion and modern political history.
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anybody closely associated with the crown prince, this resulted in the banishment of Duhan. He was exiled to a tower in the Baltic Coast city of Memel, without pension. Frederick, while imprisoned at
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After Frederick's failed attempt to flee Prussia, Duhan's role in acquiring a private library for Frederick was discovered and, combined with Frederick William's general
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before emigrating to Brandenburg in 1687. He educated Jacques himself while preparing him for a career as a soldier. The exceptional bravery of Duhan during the 1715
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even went so far as to procure articles of French clothing for the young prince, items strictly forbidden by Frederick's francophobic father.
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to have Austria pay a secret pension to Duhan. Then, after his release, Frederick secured Duhan a librarian position in Brunswick.
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Huguenot
Frederick the Great
General Turenne
Siege of Stralsund
Frederick William I
Crown Prince Frederick
desire to punish
Küstrin
General Seckendorff
Frederick the Great
18
ISBN
0-525-48147-8
Frederick the Great: The Magnificent Enigma
19
ISBN
0-89919-352-8
ISBN
0-312-27266-9
Categories
1685 births
1746 deaths
Immigrants to the Kingdom of Prussia
French exiles
Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences

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