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Frederick Francis of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (born 1732, died 14 October 1758 at the Battle of Hochkirch) was Frederick the Great's brother-in-law. His name is listed on the Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great.
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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.
Family life. Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was born in Germany as Friedrich Wilhelm on 9 October 1771. He was the fourth son of German prince and Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand and his wife Princess Augusta of Great Britain.
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.
On 1 November 1802, in Karlsruhe, Marie married Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Marie had three children before she died at Bruchsal of puerperal fever four days after giving birth to a stillborn daughter. Charles (30 October 1804 – 18 August 1873) William (25 April 1806 – 18 October 1884) Stillborn daughter (b. & d.
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hundred broadsides and pamphlets relating to the ducal family of Brunswick-Lüneburg between the reign of Duke Julius, who died in 1589, and the overthrow of Karl II in 1830.
