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Tweet. Frederick William, duke of Brunswick (1771-1815), was one of the most implacable enemies of Napoleonic France, and became known as the 'Black Duke'. Frederick William was the fourth son of Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand and the daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales. He inherited his duchy in 1806, after his father was mortally wounded at ...
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
Frederick William I ( German: Friedrich Wilhelm I.; 14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740), known as the Soldier King ( German: Soldatenkönig ), was King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 till his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neuchâtel . Born in Berlin, he was raised by the Huguenot governess Marthe de Roucoulle.
Frederick William — The name Frederick William usually refers to several monarchs of the Hohenzollern dynasty: *Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620 1688) *Frederick William I (1688 1740), King of Prussia *Frederick William II (1744 1797), King of Prussia … Wikipedia
Frederick ( c. 1357 – 5 June 1400), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1373 until his death. In May 1400, he unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for the election as German king-elect at Frankfurt, in opposition to Wenceslaus of Luxembourg, and was murdered on his ...
Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 9 October 1771 – 16 June 1815), was a German prince and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Oels. Nicknamed "The Black Duke", he was a military officer who led the Black Brunswickers against French domination in Germany. He briefly ruled the state of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1806 to 1807 and again from 1813 to 1815.
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771–1815) was a general in the British Army. His father had died of wounds after the Battle of Auerstädt in 1806, and his own death at the head of the ‘Black Brunswickers’ (the Herzoglich Braunschweigisches Korps) at Quatre Bras was recorded in Byron’s poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage:
