Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPrince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)
German general (1828–1885)
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Place of Birth: Berlin
About Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)
- Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (20 March 1828 – 15 June 1885) was the son of Prince Charles of Prussia (1801–1883) and his wife, Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808–1877).
- Prince Friedrich Karl was a grandson of King Frederick William III of Prussia and a nephew of Frederick William IV and William I.
- He was born at Schloss Klein in Berlin. As a military commander, the Prince had a major influence on the Royal Prussian Army's advances in training and tactics in the 1850s and 1860s.
- He defeated the Austrian army at the Battle of Königgrätz in 1866 and the French Army of the Rhine at the Battle of Mars-la-Tour, overseeing the extinction of the Army of the Rhine at the Siege of Metz in 1870.
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