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COMMANDER // 1763–1827

Duke of York

field marshalUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland16 battles5 wars

Lifespan

1763 – 1827

1500155016001650170017501800Wars of the Roses · 1455-1487Second Anglo-Dutch War · 1665-1667French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802War of the First Coalition · 1792-1797War of the Second Coalition · 1798-1802First Battle of St Albans — May 31, 1455 · House of York · Wars of the RosesBattle of Ludford Bridge — October 12, 1459 · House of York · Wars of the RosesBattle of Wakefield — December 30, 1460 · House of York · Wars of the RosesBattle of Mortimer's Cross — February 2, 1461 · House of York · Wars of the RosesBattle of Lowestoft — June 13, 1665 · England · Second Anglo-Dutch WarFlanders Campaign — November 6, 1792 · Dutch Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Caesar's Camp — August 7, 1793 · Habsburg Monarchy · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Famars — May 23, 1793 · Austria · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Hondschoote — September 8, 1793 · Great Britain · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Raismes — May 8, 1793 · Habsburg Monarchy · War of the First CoalitionBattle at Courtrai — May 10, 1794 · Habsburg Austria · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Boxtel — September 14, 1794 · Great Britain · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Tourcoing — May 18, 1794 · Habsburg monarchy · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Tournay — May 22, 1794 · Habsburg Austria · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Alkmaar — October 2, 1799 · Great Britain · War of the Second CoalitionBattle of Bergen — September 19, 1799 · Great Britain · French Revolutionary Wars

Active service 1455–1799 — 16 battles across 5 wars.

Profile

Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, was the second son of George III, King of the United Kingdom and Hanover, and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. A soldier by profession, from 1764 to 1803 he was Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück in the Holy Roman Empire. From the death of his father in 1820 until his own death in 1827, he was the heir presumptive to his elder brother, George IV, in both the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Hanover.

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Battles (16)

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