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Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick 1735-1806

 

Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick 1735-1806

The Germans called him Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig.

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Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin



Charles was the duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, a nephew of
 Frederick the Great, which made him a determined Prussian.

 

After the French had declared war on Austria on April 20, 1792, (see War of the First Coalition) the Duke of Brunswick set up headquarters at Coblenz for the invasion of France, with 72,000 Prussian troops encamped in the immediate vicinity.

Why?

Because of the Austro-Prussian Alliance which had been concluded on February 7, 1792, between Austria's emperor Leopold II and Prussia's king Frederick William II in order to join forces against Revolutionary France.

Welcome to the French Revolutionary Wars.

 

However, the Duke of Brunswick was defeated at the Battle of Valmy in 1792 and at the  Battle of Auerstadt in 1806.

 

 

See also Battle of Kaiserslautern

 

 

 

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