Frederick, duke of York and Albany

The prince Frederick (Frederick Augustus) (August 16th 1763 - January 5th 1827), Count d' Ulster and Duke of York and Albany, were a member of the British Royal family.

He was the son of the king George III of the United Kingdom and the queen Charlotte (born princess Charlotte de Mecklenbourg-Strelitz).

Marriage

He married the September 29th 1791 the princess Frederica of Prussia, girl of the king Frederic-Guillaume II, of which he did not have a posterity.

It was interested in the letters and philosophy. In 1793, it accepted the command of the British troops in Belgium but was beaten. It had to re-embark. A new attempt with the head of an army britanno-Russian in Holland, in 1799, was not happier. It was demolishes with the Bataille of Castricum by the general Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune. It was devoted thereafter to administrative tasks.

He was the lover of Mary Anne Clarke and was obliged to resign into 1809 of his post of commander-in-chief of the army when a traffic of military commissions organized for the benefit of this one was discovered. He was however exonerated thereafter from his responsibility.

He was chosen by certain revolutionists to succeed Louis XVI of France and for others to marry Marie-Therese de France.

Titulature

Its Royal Highness prince Frederick (1763 - 1784)
His Royal Highness the duke of York and Albany (1784 - 1827)

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