August Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
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| born on | 23 May 1730 at 11:00 (= 11:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Berlin, Germany, 52n29, 13e21 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m13e21 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   01°53'   12°47 Asc. 29°18'
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Biography
German royalty, the youngest child of King Frederick William I of Prussia and his wife Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. At the age of five he joined the Infantry regiment „Kronprinz“. In 1740, his brother King Frederick the Great 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. August died in Berlin on 2 May 1813.
Relationships
- parent->child relationship with August, Prince of Prussia (born 19 September 1779)
- parent->child relationship with Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1772) (born 18 November 1772)
- parent->child relationship with Luise, Princess of Prussia (1770) (born 24 May 1770)
- child->parent relationship with Friedrich Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (born 4 August 1688 Jul.Cal. (14 Aug 1688 greg.))
- sibling relationship with Anna Amalie, Abbess of Quedlinburg (born 9 November 1723)
- sibling relationship with August Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (1722) (born 9 August 1722)
- sibling relationship with Charlotte Albertine, Princess of Prussia (born 5 May 1713)
- sibling relationship with Friederike Luise, Princess of Prussia (born 28 September 1714)
- sibling relationship with Friedrich II, King of Prussia (born 24 January 1712)
- sibling relationship with Friedrich Ludwig, Prince of Orange (born 23 November 1707)
- sibling relationship with Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia (born 16 August 1710)
- sibling relationship with Heinrich, Prince of Prussia (1726) (born 18 January 1726)
- sibling relationship with Luise Ulrike, Queen of Sweden (born 24 July 1720)
- sibling relationship with Sophie Dorothea Marie, Princess of Prussia (born 25 January 1719)
- sibling relationship with Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg (born 3 July 1709)
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes from "Geschichte des Ritterlichen ordens St. Johannis von Spital zu Jerusalem: mit les orderes Berüctsichtigung der Ballei Brandenburg oder des herrenmeisterthums Sonnenburg" by Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld (M. Berendt, 1859), p. 755: "Er war der Sohn König Friedrich Wilhelm's I und dessen Gemahlin Sophia Dorothea, geborenen Prinzessin von Braunschweig- Hannover, und am 23. Mai 1730 Vormittags 11 Uhr zu Berlin geboren. August Ferdinand, Prinz von Preußen."
Translation: He was the son of King Frederick William I and his wife Sophia Dorothea, Princess of Brunswick-Hanover, born on 23 May 1730 in the morning at 11 o'clock in Berlin. August Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia.
On 7 April 2017 Scholfield changed the rating from B to A, having forwarded news report from "Wiener Zeitung," 3 June 1730, p. 5: "Berlin 27. May. Den 23sten Dieses um 11. Uhr/ seynd Ihre Majestät unsere allergnädtgste Königin mit einem gesunden Prinzen glüklich entbunden worden" (Berlin, 27 May. On the 23rd at 11 am / Her Majesty the Queen happily gave birth to a healthy prince).
Categories
- Vocation : Military : Military career (Major General)
- Notable : Famous : Royal family (House of Hohenzollern)
