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Margrave Frederick of Brandenburg Schwedt

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Noble family
  
House of Hohenzollern

Name
  
Margrave of

Father
  
Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Mother
  
Maria Dorothea of Courland

Born
  
13 August 1710 (
1710-08-13
)

Died
  
10 April 1741(1741-04-10) (aged 30) Malujowice

Margrave Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt (13 August 1710 – 10 April 1741, fell in the Battle of Mollwitz) was the second son of Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt and his wife Maria Dorothea of Courland (1684-1743).

He initially served in the Dutch army, and later as a Colonel of the Royal Prussian Mounted Guards. From 1737, he was a Kinght of the Order of Saint John. From 1741, he was commander of the Regiment Margrave Charles. That same year, he fell in the Battle of Mollwitz.

His name is mentioned on the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great on the centerline of Unter den Linden in Berlin.

References

Margrave Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt Wikipedia