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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 ...
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.
After Brunswick was occupied by Napoleon's troops in 1806, he took in the sons of Duke Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Frederick Charles Ferdinand died childless in 1809. With his death, the Brunswick-Bevern line died out, and Brunswick-Bevern fell back to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Ancestors
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
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19 de oct. de 2008 · Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick: An Historical Study, 1735-1806 by Edmond Fitzmaurice. Publication date 1901 Publisher Longmans, Green, & co ...
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
