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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771-1815) c. 1848-76. RCIN 405143. ©. Brother to Caroline, Queen Consort of George IV, the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel led the voluntary corps of Black Brunswickers against Napoleon. He was killed at the Battle of Quatre Bras (16 June 1815) just days before Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo.

  4. Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1775-1815), the brother of Caroline Queen Consort of George IV, led the volunteer corps of the Black Brunswickers against the Napoleonic domination of Germany. He joined the Prussian army in 1789 as a captain and fought in battles against Revolutionary France.

  5. 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.

  6. Biography German military hero; on the death of his father, Charles William Ferdinand, in 1806, his duchy was seized by Napoleon I and added to the kingdom of Westphalia; attempted to liberate his duchy from French control in 1809, when Austria reopened war against France; formed a free corps, the Black Brunswickers, and managed to recapture Brunswick; soon driven out but succeeded in fleeing ...