Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt (born March 28, 1715 , † September 12, 1744 near Prague ) was a Prussian major general and commander of the guard on foot.
He was a grandson of Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg ( the Great Elector ) and son of Margrave Albrecht Friedrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt and his wife Maria Dorothea von Kurland (1684–1743).
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Life
As early as May 1719 he became a Knight of the Black Eagle Order . From 1734 he volunteered in the campaigns of the Prussian army, including the First Silesian War , where he was wounded in the battle of Mollwitz . His older brother Friedrich was killed in this battle. He was first lieutenant colonel in the regiment which his brother Karl Friedrich Albrecht von Brandenburg-Schwedt led. In 1740, when the Guard was built on foot from Infantry Regiment No. 15, he was its first colonel. On May 16, 1743 he became major general and commander of the Guard. During the siege of Prague in 1744, he was in command of the trenches when a cannonball killed him in the presence of the king.
His body was transferred to Berlin and buried in the Hohenzollern crypt in the cathedral .
literature
- Anton Balthasar König : Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt . In: Biographical lexicon of all heroes and military figures who made themselves famous in the Prussian service . tape 1 . Arnold Wever, Berlin 1788, p. 211 ( Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt at Wikisource [PDF]).
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| SURNAME | Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friedrich Wilhelm Prince of Prussia Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Prussia, non-ruling Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1715 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1744 |
| Place of death | near Prague |