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Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia

Prince Augustus Ferdinand
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Born (1730-05-23)23 May 1730
Berlin
Died 2 May 1813(1813-05-02) (aged 82)
Berlin
Spouse Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Issue Princess Friederike
Prince Friedrich Heinrich
Princess Louise Radziwiłł
Prince Heinrich
Prince Louis Ferdinand
Prince Friedrich Paul
Prince Augustus
House House of Hohenzollern
Father Frederick William I of Prussia
Mother Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

Prince August Ferdinand of Prussia (German: August Ferdinand von Preußen; 23 May 1730, Berlin – 2 May 1813, Berlin) was a Prussian Prince and general, and Herrenmeister ("Master of the Knights") of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Order of Saint John. He belonged to the House of Hohenzollern, and was the youngest son of Frederick William I of Prussia by his wife Queen Sophia Dorothea.

He was the youngest child of King Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. He was also a younger brother of King Frederick the Great (Frederick II of Prussia), Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden, and Wilhelmine Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

Already at the age of 5, he joined the Infantry regiment „Kronprinz“. In 1740, his brother named him commander of Infantry regiment Nr 34. In 1756, he became Major General and accompanied his brother the King on his campaigns in Saxony, Bohemia and Silesia. He fought in the Battle of Breslau and the Battle of Leuthen. But in 1758, bad health forced him to leave the army.

On September 12, 1763, Ferdinand was elected as Master of the Knights of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Order of Saint John, a post he held until 1812.

Ferdinand is also remembered for having the Schloss Bellevue in the Berliner Tiergarten built.


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