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  Knowledge King - Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (October 9, 1735 - November 10, 1806), German general, was born at Wolfenbüttel.
At the battle of Hastenbeck he won great renown by a gallant charge at the head of an infantry brigade; and upon the capitulation of Kloster Zeven he was easily persuaded by his uncle Ferdinand of Brunswick, who succeeded Cumberland, to continue in the war as a general officer.
Five years later Brunswick was appointed to the command of the allied Austrian and German army assembled to invade France and crush the Revolution.
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 Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It remained for the Duke of Brunswick's proclamation to assure the downfall of the monarchy by his proclamation, which was being rapidly distributed in Paris by July 28 apparently by the monarchists, who badly misjudged the effect it would have (See text in link).
The "Brunswick Manifesto", and seemed to furnish the agitators with a complete justification for the revolt that they were already planning.
The Duke of Brunswick had served in the (Click link for more info and facts about Seven Years War) Seven Years War and was made a Prussian general in 1773.
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 Encyclopedia: Karl-Wilhelm-Ferdinand,-Duke-of-Brunswick
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (April 15, 1721–October 31, 1765), a younger son of King George II of Great Britain and Queen Caroline, was a noted military leader.
At the battle of Auerstadt the old duke was mortally wounded.
The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought between contingents of the Anglo-allied army and the left wing of the French Army on June 16, 1815, near the crossroads of Quatre Bras, in Belgium.
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Karl II Wilhelm Ferdinand Duke Of BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBhUTTEL was born on 9 Oct 1735 in Wolfenbhuttel, Braunschweig, Germany.
Friedrich Wilhelm Duke Of BRUNSWICK was born on 9 Oct 1771 in Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Wilhelm (Friedrich Phillip) Duke Of WhURTTEMBERG-URACH was born on 27 Dec 1761 in Stettin, Pommern, Prussia.
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 Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (October 9, 1735 - November 10, 1806), (A person of German nationality) German (A general officer of the highest rank) general, was born at (Click link for more info and facts about Wolfenbüttel) Wolfenbüttel.
Five years later Brunswick was appointed to the command of the allied Austrian and German army assembled to invade France and crush the (The overthrow of a government by those who are governed) Revolution.
Carried for nearly a month in the midst of the routed Prussian army he died at last on the 10th of November 1806 at Ottensen near (A city in northern Germany on the Elbe River) Hamburg.
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 uncle duke
Uncle Duke is a fictional character in the comic strip Doonesbury.
Duke's early life is murky, but it is almost certain that he had a father, and was born in a hospital.
Duke ran for the White House after a short stretch as a key advisor to Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura.
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 Brunswick Manifesto Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, (Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Herzog zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Fürst von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern) (October 9, 1735 - 1806) was a German military general born in Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
He was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1780 until his death and ruled over the Wolfenbüttel subdivision of the duchy.
Karl received an unusually wide and thorough education, and travelled in his youth in the Netherlands, France and various parts of Germany.
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 Frederick, Prince of Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The motives for the ill-feeling between Frederick and his parents may include the fact that he had been set up by his grandfather, even as a small child, as the representative of the house of Hanover, and was used to presiding over official occasions in the absence of his parents.
Frederick was a genuine lover of music who played the cello; he enjoyed the natural sciences and the arts, and became a thorn in the side of his parents, thwarting their every ambition and making a point of opposing them in everything, according to the court gossip Lord Hervey.
At court the favorite was Frederick's younger brother, Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, to the extent that the king looked into ways of passing over Frederick in the succession.
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 SEVENTEENTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Duke Karl I Charles of BRUNSWICK (son of Duke Ferdinand Albert I ?
BRUNSWICK-BEVERN and Princess of WOLFENBUTTEL) was born in 1713 in Prussia (Charles William Ferdinand Duke of Brunswick.
Elizabeth of BRUNSWICK was born in Brunswick - dtr of Charles (Karl).
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 Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (1735-1806)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
When duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand was born in the Wolfenbüttel castle in 1735 and baptized one day later, king Friedrich Wilhelm I. of Prussia traveled from Berlin in order to see his grandson.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich grew up in the midst of his thirteen sisters and as hereditary prince he received a suitable education from the Abbot Jerusalem.
Under the influence of the Abbot Jerusalem and the pedagogue Campe, duke Karl Wilhelm was a truly enlightened prince.
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She was the daughter of Karl II Wilhelm Ferdinand, Herzog von Braunschweig and Augusta, Princess of Wales.
Karl II Wilhelm Ferdinand, Herzog von Braunschweig was born in 1735 in Wolfenbüttel.
She married Karl II Wilhelm Ferdinand, Herzog von Braunschweig, son of Karl I, Herzog von Braunschweig and Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, on 17 January 1764.
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BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-1806), German general, was born on the 9th of October
Duke Karl I., in 17 8o, he soon became known as a model to sovereigns.
Brunswicks army, the duke felt bound as a soldier to treat his wishes as actual orders.
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 The History of Brunswick RegimentPage
Duke Carl did not want to impose new taxes on the population, because he wanted to just see first a recovery of the industrial sector.
It took the Hereditary Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand to convince the Duke to exploit this possibility to improve the financial situation of the Duchy and at the same time to help his relative King George III.
Duke Carl appointed Baron von Riedesel as Commander of the troops.
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 The Ultimate Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg - American History Information Guide and Reference
In the early summer of 1792, Ferdinand was poised with military forces at Coblenz.
The first violent action was carried out on August 10, when the Palace of the Tuileries was stormed.
Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911: Brunswick, Karl Wilhelm ferdinand, Duke of
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 EIGHTEENTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand BRUNSWICK Duke Charles was born in 1735 in Brunswick - son of Duke Karl I. He died in 1806 in battle of Auerstedt.
Augusta of ENGLAND (daughter of Frederick Louis of ENGLAND Prince of Wales and Augusta of SAXE-GOTHA) was born in 1737 in England - dtr of Prince Frederick of Wales.
She died in 1813 in Brunswick - wife of Duke Charles.
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 Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, duque de Brunswick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, duque de Brunswick (de octubre el 9 de 1735 - de noviembre el 10 de 1806), general alemán, nació en Wolfenbüttel.
Su renombre era ilimitado, y cuando él tuvo éxito a su padre, duque Karl I, en 1780, él pronto se conocía como modelo a los sovereigns.
Pero las dificultades y los desacuerdos en las jefaturas se multiplicaron, y cuando Brunswick se encontró incapaz mover o dirigir a su ejército sin interferencia del rey, él colocó su comando y volvió para gobernar su ducado.
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 FERDINAND - Online Information article about FERDINAND
Albert, duke of Brunswick, and was See also:
Prince Ferdinand s'est surpassed' The height which he captured was defended by his See also:
Austrian service, and another brother of Duke Ferdinand was killed by his See also:
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 Battle of Jena-Auerstedt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Opposing them, the Prussian king had three forces: 55,000 men under the Duke of Brunswick, 38,000 under Prince Hohenlohe, and 15,000 under General von Ruchel.
Soult, the hero of Jena, was not so honoured, possibly because Napoleon judged it best for reasons of prestige to keep the glory for himself.
On the Prussian side, Brunswick had been mortally wounded at Auerstedt, and over the next few days the remaining forces were unable to mount any serious resistance to Murat's ruthless cavalry pursuit.
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 CGH - Joachim Heinrich von Campe
He was admitted on the basis of a scholarship from the district of Brunswick.
In 1786, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, hired him as a specialist to reform the local educational institutions.
In 1785, on the occasioned of a visit to his beloved home county, he wrote about the academic school of Holzminden, which was the later secondary school, that this school was much better than other schools.
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 karl king
Karl L. King (21 February, 1891 - 31 March, 1971) was a United States march music bandmaster and composer.
Karl Lawrence King, a native of Paintersville, Ohio, grew up as a self-taught musician with very little schooling of any kind.
At eighteen, he began a career playing in and directing circus bands, including those of Barnum and Bailey, Robinson Famous Shows, the Sells-Floto Circus, and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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 Friedrich Ludwig (1701-1751)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Georg I. Ludwig (1660-1727) of Hanover moved to London in 1714 with his royal household, the then seven-year-old Friedrich Ludwig had to remain behind in Hanover, to preserve the royal family's presence at that court.
At this time Friedrich was known as the duke of Gloucester (although he was never actually created duke of Gloucester and became only duke of Edinburgh when he was first raised to the peerage in 1736).
In 1736 Friedrich Ludwig married Augusta of Saxe - Gotha - Altenburg (1719-1772), daughter of Friedrich II., duke of Saxe - Gotha.
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 1735
October 9 - Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
Freidrich Wilhelm, illegitimate son of Frederick I of Sweden
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 Battle of Jena
The second force of 63,000 men under the command of The Duke of Brunswick (Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand) were positioned at Auerstedt.
The Duke of Brunswick's main Prussian Army meet the French forces at Auerstedt but by using his superior numbers in small counter attacking units lost a decisive advantage.
It was then that the Duke of Brunswick was mortally wounded and was immediately replace by King Frederick himself.
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 Science Fair Projects - Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
Science Fair Projects - Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
In his youth, he travelled throughout Holland, France and various parts of Germany, giving him an unusually wide and thorough education.
He gained great fame at the Battle of Hastenbeck with his gallant charge at the head of an infantry brigade.
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 Christy Gibson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
La "proclamación de Brunswick" o "manifiesto de Brunswick" ese él ahora publicó de Coblenza, de julio el 25 de 1792, guerra amenazada y ruina a los soldados y a los civiles igualmente, si los republicanos dañan a Louis XVI y su familia.
Permanecía para el duque de la proclamación de Brunswick asegurar la caída de la monarquía por su proclamación, que era distribuida rápidamente en París antes del de julio 28 al parecer por los monarchists, que misjudged gravemente el efecto que tendría (véase el texto en eslabón).
El duque de Brunswick había desempen'ado servicios en los siete años guerrea y fue hecho un general prusiano (1773).
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 Ferdinand Les: 3D View of the Web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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See live article   Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (October 9, 1735 - November 10, 1806), German general, was born at Wolfenbüttel.
at the head of an infantry brigade; and upon the capitulation of Kloster Zeven he was easily persuaded by his uncle Ferdinand of Brunswick, who succeeded Cumberland, to continue in the war as a general officer.
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 Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Ii Brunswick Wolfen Duke / Augusta Hanover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Father: Charles Of Karl Duke Brunswick Wolfen Mother: Duchess Philippine Charlotte Hohenzollern Of Brunswick
Name: Auguste Caroline Friederike Luise Of Brunswick Duchess Of Wurttemberg Born: 3 Dec 1764 at Brunswick, Brunswick, Germany Died: 27 Sep 1788 at Lohde By Tallin, Harju, Estonia Husband: King Frederick I Wurttemberg Of Wurttemberg
Name: Friedrich Wilhelm Duke Brunswick Born: 9 Oct 1771 at Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany Died: 16 Jun 1815 at Fell At Quatre Bras Wife: Princess Of Baden Marie
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