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Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

1721 - 1792

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel is the 519th most popular military personnel (up from 681st in 2019), the 1,291st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,674th in 2019) and the 97th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 519 out of 2,058. Before him are Uqba ibn Nafi, John of Austria the Younger, Mitsuo Fuchida, Alfred von Waldersee, Peroz III, and Adolf Strauss. After him are He Jin, Gao Shun, Theodor Busse, Oenomaus, Giorgio Basta, and Otto Kumm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 3. Before him are Madame de Pompadour, and Bernardo Bellotto. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken, Johann Kirnberger, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Tobias Smollett, and Samuel von Brukenthal. Among people deceased in 1792, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 10. Before him are Maria Luisa of Spain, Frederick North, Lord North, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Joshua Reynolds, Richard Arkwright, and Johann van Beethoven. After him are John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Tiradentes, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, and Joseph Martin Kraus.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 1,291 out of 7,253. Before him are Klaus Schulze (1947), Claudia Schiffer (1970), Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690), Alfred von Waldersee (1832), Luz Long (1913), and Adolf Strauss (1879). After him are Ludwig Prandtl (1875), Werner Haase (1900), August Landmesser (1910), Niklot (1100), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), and Theodor Busse (1897).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ranks 97. Before him are Herbert Gille (1897), Karl von Bülow (1846), Christian Wirth (1885), Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594), Alfred von Waldersee (1832), and Adolf Strauss (1879). After him are Theodor Busse (1897), Otto Kumm (1909), Viktor Lutze (1890), Adolf Heusinger (1897), Max Hoffmann (1869), and Hans Baur (1897).

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