FREDERICK CHARLES (FRIEDRICH KARL NIKOLAUS), PRINCE (1828-1885)
, Prussian general See also: - FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
, son of Prince Charles of Prussia and grandson of See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
See also: - WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
III., was born in Berlin on the loth of March 1828
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He was educated for the army, which he entered on his tenth birthday as second lieutenant in the 14th Foot Guards
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He became first lieutenant in 1844, and in 1846 entered the university of Bonn, where he stayed for two years, being accompanied throughout by Major von Roon, afterwards the famous war minister
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In 1848 he became a company commander in his regiment, and soon after-wards served in the Schleswig- Holstein War on the staff of Marshal von Wrangel, being present at the battle of Schleswig ( April 23, 1848)
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Later in 1848 he became Riltmeister in the Garde du Corps cavalry regiment, and in 1849 major in the Guard Hussars
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In this year the prince took part in the campaign against the Baden insurgents, and was wounded at the action of Wiesenthal while leading a desperate charge against entrenched infantry
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After this experience the wild courage of his youth gave place to the unshakable resolution which afterwards characterized the prince's generalship
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In 1852 he became colonel, and in 1854 major-general and commander of a cavalry brigade
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In this capacity he was brought closely in touch with General von Reyher, the chief of the general staff, and with Moltke
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He married, in the same year, Princess Marie Anne of Anhalt
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In 18J7 he became commander of the 1st Guard Infantry division, but very shortly afterwards, on account of disputes concerned with the training methods then in force, he resigned the appointment
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In 1858 he visited France, where he minutely investigated the state of the French army, but it was not long before he was recalled, for in 1859, in consequence of the Franco- Austrian War, Prussia mobilized her forces, and Frederick Charles was made a divisional commander in the II. army corps
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In this post he was given the liberty of action which had previously been denied to him
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