Frederick

English form of an Old German name meaning "peaceful ruler" [1] [2] [3] , derived from fridu "peace" and rih "ruler, king" [4] [5] . This name has long been common in continental Germanic-speaking regions, being borne by rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, and Prussia. Notables among these rulers include the 12th-century Holy Roman emperor and crusader Frederick I Barbarossa, the 13th-century emperor and patron of the arts Frederick II, and the 18th-century Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great.The Normans brought the name to England in the 11th century but it quickly died out. It was reintroduced by the German House of Hanover when they inherited the British throne in the 18th century. A famous bearer was Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), an American ex-slave who became a leading advocate of abolition.

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1. Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 537.
2. Withycombe, Elizabeth Gidley. The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names. Oxford, 1945, page 55.
3. Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford, 1990, page 125.
4. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry fridu, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
5. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry *rih, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.

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