Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802)
18 January 1726 — 3 August 1802
Prince Frederick Henry Ludwig of Prussia was a Prussian general, statesman, and diplomat. He was a son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, and the younger brother of Frederick the Great. Prince Henry led Prussian armies in the Silesian Wars and the Seven Years' War, having never lost a battle in the latter. In 1786, he was suggested as a candidate to be a monarch in the United States.
Family
Rests in the family mausoleum of the House of Hohenzollern. House of Hohenzollern family tree
- Parents: Frederick William I of Prussia, Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
- Siblings: Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Frederick the Great, Prince Augustus William of Prussia
A family burial site on Digital Cemetery, an endless map you can explore. It stands at coordinates -39, -19.
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