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Prince William Frederick was born on 15 January 1776 at Palazzo Teodoli in via del Corso, Rome. [1] His father was Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, the third son of the Prince of Wales. His mother, Maria, was the illegitimate daughter of Edward Walpole and granddaughter of Robert Walpole.
The sons of Frederick William I and Sophia Dorothea; left to right Frederick, Ferdinand, Augustus William and Henry. Painting by Francesco Carlo Rusca, 1737. His eldest surviving son was Frederick II (Fritz), born in 1712. Frederick William wanted him to become a fine soldier. As a small child, Fritz was awakened each morning by the firing of a ...
William Frederick may refer to: Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh; William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz; William Frederick, Margrave of ...
William Frederick Knight (December 6, 1933 – November 8, 2022), sometimes credited as William Knight, William Frederick, or Frederick Knight, was an American actor who lent his voice to the English dubs of anime and video games.
Frederick William in 1642, portrait by Mathias Czwiczek. Elector Frederick William was born in Berlin to George William, Elector of Brandenburg, and Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate. His inheritance consisted of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, the Duchy of Cleves, the County of Mark, and the Duchy of Prussia.
He was known as Frederick William when he was Crown Prince. Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia (1880–1925), son of Prince Albert of Prussia and great-grandson of Frederick William III. Other nobility with the name Frederick William are: Frederick William von Steuben (1730–1794), Prussian officer in the American Revolutionary War
Due to his childlessness, King Frederick II had designated his next younger brother Augustus William, Frederick William's father, as Prince of Prussia in 1744. Frederick William was born into a time of war, for Prussia had again been at war (1744–1745) with Austria since 10 August 1744.
Frederick August (6 October 1685 – 31 January 1686) died in infancy. Frederick William I, born in 1688, who succeeded him. In 1708, he married Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who survived him but had no children by him. He also had an official mistress, Catharina von Wartenberg, between 1696 and 1711. However, he was never known to ...