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Brunswick (FERDINAND DUKE OF fourth son)

FERDINAND, DUKE OF, fourth son of Duke Ferdinand Albert, born in Brunswick, in 1721. In 1739 he entered the Prussian service, was engaged in the Silesian wars, and in the Seven Years' War commanded the allied army in Westphalia. He drove the French from lower Saxony, Hesse and Westphalia, and was victorious at Crefeld and Minden. After the peace he retired to Brunswick, and died in 1792. BRUSH