Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Field-marshal in the armies of the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, the elected Duke of Courland (1741).
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Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
German-Prussian field marshal (1758–1766) known for his participation in the Seven Years' War.
After Margrave Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt was killed at Prague in 1744, Ferdinand received command of Frederick the Great's Leibgarde battalion, and at the Battle of Soor (1745) he distinguished himself greatly, especially in the assault of a steep hill, that incidentally was defended by his older brother duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
William V, Prince of Orange
Prince of Orange and the last stadtholder of the Dutch Republic.
Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1759 to 1766, and kept on as a privy counsellor, in accordance with the Acte van Consulentschap, until October 1784;
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
Duchy in the Baltic region, then known as Livonia, that existed from 1561 to 1569 as a nominally vassal state of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and subsequently made part of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom from 1569 to 1726 and incorporated into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1726.
Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg was selected as Biron's successor on 27 June 1741 with the support of his cousin Maria Theresa of Austria, but while he was in St Petersburg to get this title ratified, Elizabeth of Russia carried out a coup on 6 December 1741 and he lost the title.
Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange
The consort of William V of Orange and the de facto leader of the dynastic party and counter-revolution in the Netherlands.
Duke Louis Ernest was instrumental in arranging the marriage of Prince William V with his niece.
Patriottentijd
Period of political instability in the Dutch Republic between approximately 1780 and 1787.
Power devolved upon regents, first the dowager Princess of Orange, and after her death in 1759, de facto Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who saw even less merit in "democratic" experiments.
William IV, Prince of Orange
Prince of Orange from birth and the first hereditary stadtholder of all the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1747 till his death in 1751.
William first met Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1747, and two years later appointed him field marshal of the Dutch States Army, which later led to Louis Ernest serving as one of the regents for William's heir.
Dutch States Army
The army of the Dutch Republic.
After his early death Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg held the position during the minority of William V.
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
The second child and eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his consort Caroline of Ansbach.
She gained all the prerogatives normally held by a hereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands, with the exception of the military duties of the office, which were entrusted to Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Officer in the army of the Holy Roman Empire.
4) Ludwig Ernest of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (25 September 1718 – 12 May 1788) died unmarried.
Brunswick Cathedral
Large Lutheran church in the City of Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany.
Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1718–1788), his brother, Captain-General of the Dutch Republic from 1750 to 1766