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Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern. August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern (10 October 1715 in Braunschweig – 2 August 1781 in Stettin ), Prussian soldier, son of Ernest Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was born in Braunschweig in 1715, and entered the Prussian army in 1731, becoming colonel of an infantry ...
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 with his troops to England; returned in 1813 to take possession of Brunswick but was killed at ...
Charles William Ferdinand (German language: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand) was the son of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Philippine Charlotte, daughter of King Frederick William I of Prussia. Karl received an unusually wide and thorough education, and travelled in his youth in the Netherlands, France and various parts of Germany.
Augustus William was the third, but eldest surviving son of Duke Anthony Ulrich and his consort Elizabeth Juliane, a daughter of Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg. Unlike his father, the young prince was not interested in politics; he studied at the University of Geneva from 1677 to 1678 and afterwards went on a Grand Tour from Switzerland to France and the Netherlands .
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.
Crown princess Elisabeth Christine, c. 1739, the year before she became queen. Having failed in his attempt to flee from the tyrannical regime of his father, King Frederick William I, Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia was ordered to marry a daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Duchess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1733 in order to regain his freedom.
