Frederic Guillaume of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Frederic Guillaume of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (in German Friedrich Wilhelm von Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel), born the October 9th 1771 in Brunswick, killed the June 16th 1815 with Ligny.
He was duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, duke of Burnswick-Oels of 1806 with 1815.
Frederic Guillaume of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was called the Black Duc , it was one of the burning adversary of the Napoleonean occupation in Germany. Its reign on the duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was short. He was the cousin and the brother-in-law of Georges IV of the United Kingdom.
Family
Wire of Charles-Guillaume-Ferdinand of Brunswick (Charles II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel) and of Augusta of Great Britain.
Marriage and descent
In 1802, Frederic Guillaume of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel married Marie de Bade (1782 - 1808), (girl of Charles Louis de Bade).
Two children were born from this union:
Biography
In 1789, Frederic Guillaume of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel entered the Prussian army to the rank of captain and took part in the battles engaged against the France. In 1805, his/her uncle, the duke Frederic Guillaume of Brunswick-Oels died without descent, Frederic Guillaume inherited the duchy of Brunswick-Oels. The October 14th 1806 it took part in the Bataille of Iéna, with the battle of Auerstedt to the rank of general in armed Prussian, whose his/her father was brigadier This last died of a wound that it accepted with the battle of Iéna-Auerstaedt and Frederic Guillaume inherited the duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, his/her older brother died a few months before without leaving heirs, his/her two younger brothers were mentally delayed.
After the defeat of the Prussia at the time of the Napoleonean wars, the duchy of Frederic-Guillaume of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was occupied by the France, in 1807, its State for one short duration was incoporé with the kingdom of Westphalia. Frederic-Guillaume of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel took refuge in the duchy of Bade remained a Sovereign state after dissolution in 1806 of the Germanic Roman Holy roman Empire, then exiled himself in Austria for some time.
In 1809, the conflict between France and Austria burst, Frederic Guillaume of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel seizes this occasion to create the body of the partisans with the support of Austria. These bodies were called Schwarze Schar (the Black Group), (more commonly called " Noire" legion; by the historians), because of the black uniforms carried by these men as a sign of mourning of their country occupied by France and its allies, the Saxony and Wesphalie. Briefly, it succeeds in taking again the orders of the town of Brunswick, then in August 1809, it gained the reputation of local hero. He fled in England to join his armed forces to those of his brother-in-law. Its bodies armed with 2300 soldiers were mainly decimated at the time of the battles in Spain and with the Portugal.
Prussia having put a term at the French occupation, Frederic Guillaume from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel returned to Brunswick in 1813.
At the time of the return of Napoleon i of L 'isle of Elba in 1815, François Guillaume of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel raised new troops. It was killed out of one rifle shot to the Bataille of Ligny, the June 16th 1815.
Genealogy
Frederic Guillaume of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel belongs to the second branch (Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel) resulting from the first branch (Brunswick-Lüneburg) of the Maison of Brunswick, itself resulting from the downward Maison of Este of the dukes of Toscane.
This second branch of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel died out in 1884 with died of Guillaume of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
Internal bonds
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Charles Ier of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (grandfather parternel)
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Frederick, prince de Galles (maternal grandfather)
External bonds and sources
en.wikipedia.org
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