Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783–1851)
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Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
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| Born |
3 July 1783 Berlin |
| Died | 28 September 1851 (aged 68) Berlin |
| Spouse | Landgravine Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg |
| House | Hohenzollern |
| Father | Frederick William II of Prussia |
| Mother | Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt |
| Religion |
Calvinism Evangelical Christian Church (since 1817) |
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (3 July 1783, Berlin – 28 September 1851, Berlin) was the son of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Prince William was the fourth and youngest son of King Frederick William II of Prussia and Princess Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt. He served in the Guards from 1799 and fought in 1806 at the head of a cavalry brigade at Battle of Jena and Auerstedt. In December 1807, he traveled to Paris, to try to reduce the war burdens imposed on Prussia by Napoléon Bonaparte; he only managed to obtain a modest reduction. In 1808, he represented Prussia at the Congress of Erfurt. At the end of 1808, he accompanied his brother, King Frederick William III to St. Petersburg. Later, he had a prominent role in the transformation of Prussia and its army.
During the War of the Sixth Coalition of 1813, he was stationed in Blücher's headquarters. In the Battle of Lützen (1813) on 2 May, he commanded the reserve cavalry in the left wing of the army and during the Battle of Leipzig, he negotiated the union of the Northern army with Blucher's. Later he led the 8th Brigade of the Yorck's army corps on the Rhine and distinguished himself by bravery and military skills at the battles of Château-Thierry, Laon and outside Paris.
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