Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
	Ferdinand in his robe of the Order of the Garter (c. 1760s)
Born	Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel; 12 January 1721; Wolfenbüttel, Brunswick-Lüneburg
Died	3 July 1792 (aged 71); Brunswick, Brunswick-Lüneburg
Father	Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother	Antoinette Amalie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Military career
Allegiance	Prussia (1740–1757); Hanover (1757–1763)
Rank	Field Marshal
Conflicts	War of the Austrian Succession Battle of Mollwitz; Battle of Chotusitz; Battle of Soor; ; Seven Years' War Battle of Lobositz; Battle of Prague; Battle of Rossbach; Battle of Rheinberg; Battle of Kreffeld; Battle of Corbach; Battle of Minden; Battle of Warburg; Battle of Kloster Kampen; Battle of Villinghausen; Battle of Wilhelmsthal; 2nd Battle of Lutterberg; Battle of Nauheim; 2nd Siege of Cassel; ;
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Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (12 January 1721 – 3 July 1792) was a German military officer best known for his participation in the Seven Years' War. From 1757 to 1762, he led an Anglo-German army in western Germany which successfully repelled French attempts to capture Hanover.