Wilhelm Georg Friedrich of Orange-Nassau
Wilhelm Georg Friedrich , Prince of Orange-Nassau (born February 15, 1774 in The Hague ; † January 6, 1799 in Padua ) was the second son of the inheritance holder Wilhelm V of the Netherlands and Princess Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Prussia .
Life
He entered the military service of the Dutch Republic of the Seven United Provinces early on , took the French Geertruidenberg and Klundert from the French again in 1793, when Holland was attacked by Dumouriez , with a corps made up of scattered troops and drove the enemy back across the Lys . In 1794 he fought with his division in the Battle of Fleurus on the side of the Austrians, but after the conquest of the province of Utrecht in 1795 he resigned his post and followed his father to England . In 1796 he joined the army on the Lower Rhine as a major general in imperial (Austrian) service and distinguished himself with his brigade in front of Kehl , which was handed over when he stormed the Schwabenschanze. In February 1797 he came to the army of Archduke Karl in Italy , became a field marshal lieutenant and in November 1798 received supreme command of the entire Austrian army in Italy as Feldzeugmeister, but died on January 6, 1799 in Padua. He was not married and had no offspring.
career
- April 17, 1796 with rank of major general from May 19, 1796
- October 30, 1797 with rank of October 29, 1797 Lieutenant Field Marshal
- November 15, 1798 with rank of November 14, 1798 Feldzeugmeister
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Orange-Nassau, Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Prince of . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 21st part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1870, pp. 80–82 ( digitized version ).
- Uwe Schögl (Red.): Orange. 500 years of portraits of a dynasty from the portrait collection of the Austrian National Library, Vienna and the Dutch Royal Collection The Hague. (Exhibition from February 1 to March 19, 2002, Camineum of the Austrian National Library, Vienna). Austrian National Library et al., Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-01-000028-6 , p. 84.
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| SURNAME | Wilhelm Georg Friedrich of Orange-Nassau |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Prince of Orange-Nassau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | second son of the inheritance holder Wilhelm V of the Netherlands and Princess Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Prussia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1799 |
| Place of death | Padua |