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Ferdinand 1721-92, Prussian field marshal, a prince of the house of Brunswick, known as Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick. He served King Frederick II of Prussia brilliantly in the Seven Years War , notably by his victories at Krefeld (1758) and Minden (1759).

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