Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick

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Prussian field marshal human

Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick was an 18th-century Prussian field marshal best known for successfully commanding allied forces against the French in Western Germany during the Seven Years' War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick canonical	1
Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Prussian field marshal ⓘ human ⓘ
alliedWith	Electorate of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Order of the Black Eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the Garter NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1721-01-12 ⓘ
birthPlace	Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanded	Allied Army of Hanoverians, Prussians, and British in Western Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Seven Years' War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
deathDate	1792-07-03 ⓘ
deathPlace	Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
defeatIn	Battle of Bergen NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
familyName	of Brunswick ⓘ
givenName	Ferdinand NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken	German ⓘ
memberOf	House of Brunswick-Bevern NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	Prussian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank	Field Marshal ⓘ General NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle	Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Bergen NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Krefeld NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Minden NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Vellinghausen NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Wilhelmsthal NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	cooperating closely with British and Hanoverian forces ⓘ defending Western Germany against French forces in the Seven Years' War ⓘ
notableWork	command of allied army in Western Germany during the Seven Years' War ⓘ
opposedTo	Holy Roman Empire (French-aligned contingents) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Brunswick Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Commander of Allied Forces in Western Germany ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
servedUnder	Frederick II of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
sibling	Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel NERFINISHED ⓘ
uncleOf	Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ
victoryIn	Battle of Krefeld NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Minden NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Vellinghausen NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Wilhelmsthal NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord George Sackville → servedUnder → Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick ⓘ

House of Brunswick-Lüneburg → notableMember → Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick