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Born the younger sibling of Frederick the Great of Prussia (Frederick II), Prince Henry remained forever in his elder brothers shadow. He was highly critical of Frederick the Great and objected to many of his military policies. A successful general and a shrewd statesman, Prince Henry never lost a battle during the Seven Years War (1756–1763) and was later, in 1786, put forward as a ...
Died. 3 August 1802. ( 1802-08-03) (aged 76) Spouse (s) Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel. Frederick Henry Louis (German language: Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig) (18 January 1726 – 3 August 1802), commonly known as Henry ( Heinrich ), was a Prince of Prussia. He also served as a general and statesman, and, in 1786, was suggested as a candidate ...
Life. Prince Henry of Prussia. Henry was a son of Frederick William II of Prussia (1744-1797) by his second wife Frederika Louisa (1751-1805), daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Henry entered the army on 5 September 1795 as a fähnrich in the Life Company of the 1st Guards Battalion. He also served as an oberst during the 1806 ...
Prince Henry (1726-1802) is wearing the uniform of the 19th Prussian Regiment, the orange ribbon and star of the Order of the Black Eagle, and the cross of the (?) Union Parfait. He was the younger brother of Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great). From the age of 14, he served in the Prussian army and fought in the Silesian Wars and the Seven Years War. In 1752, he married Princess ...
Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1726-1802) was the younger brother of Friedrich II of Prussia (Frederick the Great). From the age of fourteen, he served in the Prussian army and fought in the Silesian Wars and the Seven Years’ War. In 1752, he married Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Cassel, but they had no children. In this portrait the Prince appears half-length, wearing armour with a lace cravat ...
Prince Henry of Prussia 45 relations; it was not till 1785, two years after the Peace of Paris between Great Britain and the United States, that General Steuben again addressed a letter to Prince Henry. In this, invoking their earlier acquaintance, he recommended to him an American, "le Sieur Littlepage ", who was journeying to Prussia.3 Nothing is
