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title: FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON SEYDLITZ

subject date: 2018-01-08

caption: Friedrich Wilhelm von SEYDLITZ (3 February 1721 - 8 November 1773), Prussian general, participated in the War of Austrian Succession. Entered in the Prussian cuirassiers as a cornet (standard-bearer), at the end of the second war of Silesia he was in command of 15 squadrons of Hussars with the rank of major; in 1756 he faced the Seven Years War with the rank of colonel, earning the decoration Pour le mérite, the Order of the Black Eagle and the rank of Lieutenant General, remaining severely wounded several times. Appointed general of cavalry in 1767, he died a few years later, of illness, at his home in Minkowski, in present-day Poland. Portrait, colored version of an engraving by Hugo Bürkner (1818-1897), Germany 1854

category: HIS

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Germania

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

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Creation date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 72356

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Europa

image century : XIX

image epoch: Ottocento

licence: RM

subject century: XVIII

subject epoch: Sacro Romano Impero

technique: Incisione colorata

id: 40889

file name: FSNgilardi_72356.jpg

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SRIHoly Roman Empire of the German NationHoly Roman EmpireAustrian Succession WarSecond war of SilesiaFirst war of SilesiaHugo BurknerBurkner H.Hugo BuerknerBuerkner H.portraitNineteenth centuryFriedrich Wilhelm von SeydlitzfeluccaEighteenth century