Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (1735-1806)

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Biography

Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand. (1735-1806) (aka. Duke of Brunswick - Wolfenbüttel)

Son of Karl I (1713-1780), Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Philippine Charlotte of Prussia. Married (1764) to Princess Augusta of Hannover, sister of King George III of England.

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell went to see the arrival of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand and his wife to Utrecht on February 10, 1764, shortly after their wedding. On June 5, 1764, he was invited to sup with the Duke, which, accordingly, he did, and on June 27 he was "politely received" by the Prince in Brunswick.

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Notes:

His actual titles were Herzog zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Fürst von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern.

 

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