BRUNSWICK, FREDERICK WILLIAM, DUKE OF
- BRUNSWICK, FREDERICK WILLIAM, DUKE OF
brother of Queen Caroline; raised troops against France, which, being embarked for England, took part in the Peninsular war; fell fighting at Ligny, two days before the battle of Waterloo (1771-1815).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.
James Wood.
1907.
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