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He was killed at the Battle of Quatre Bras (16 June 1815) just days before Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. Portrait of the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, half-length, standing, facing slightly to the left, with his head turned three-quarters to the left; wearing the black uniform of General Officer of the Prussian Army.
Charles William Ferdinand ( German: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand; 9 October 1735 – 10 November 1806) was the prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a military leader. His titles are usually shortened to Duke of Brunswick in English-language sources. He succeeded his father as sovereign prince of the Principality of ...
Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ... Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Friedrich Wilhelm von other name: (Prinz) Oels, Friedrich Wilhelm von ...
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.
He briefly ruled the state of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Frederick William was the fourth son of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales. He joined the Prussian army in 1789 as a captain and participated in battles against France.
Elisabeth Christine Ulrike of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (8 November 1746 – 18 February 1840), was Crown Princess of Prussia as the first wife of Crown Prince Frederick William, her cousin and the future king, Frederick William II of Prussia. Born in Wolfenbüttel to Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Philippine Charlotte of Prussia ...
