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The Brunswick Monument on the Quai du Mont-Blanc, Geneva. In his will drawn up on 5 March 1871, Charles left his entire estate to the city of Geneva with a single stipulation: that a mausoleum be built for him in Geneva "in a prominent position and worthy", that it should feature statues of his father, Frederick William, and his grandfather, Charles William Ferdinand, and that it should ...
Wikimedia Commons alberga una galería multimedia sobre Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick. Wikisource en inglés contiene el artículo de la Encyclopædia Britannica de 1911 sobre Brunswick, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of. Texto del anuncio del duque de Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1792; Ejército prusiano durante las guerras napoleónicas
Brunswick Manifesto. The Brunswick Manifesto was a proclamation issued by Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, commander of the Allied army (principally Austrian and Prussian ), on 25 July 1792 to the population of Paris, France during the War of the First Coalition. [1] The manifesto threatened that if the French royal family were ...
Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick was the duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, a Prussian field marshal, and an enlightened ruler. Though he was Frederick II the Great’s nephew and favourite disciple, Charles proved to be less than successful in his military career, being defeated by
Charles William Ferdinand. edit. Language. Label. Description. Also known as. English. Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
William was the second son of Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and after the death of his father in 1815, was under the guardianship of King George IV of the United Kingdom. He became a Prussian major in 1823. When his brother, Charles, was deposed as ruling duke by a rebellion in 1830, William took over the government provisionally.
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