13-547: Prince Wilhelm may refer to: Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783–1851) Prince William of Hesse (1787–1867) Wilhelm, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1817–1887) Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864–1927) William of Albania (1876–1945) Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882–1951) Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884–1965) Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906-1940) See also [ edit ] Prince William (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
26-721: A prominent role in the transformation of Prussia and its army. During the War of the Sixth Coalition of 1813, he was stationed in Blücher 's headquarters. In the Battle of Lützen (1813) on 2 May, he commanded the reserve cavalry in the left wing of the army and during the Battle of Leipzig , he negotiated the union of the Northern army with Blucher's. Later he led the 8th Brigade of the Yorck 's army corps on
39-481: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783%E2%80%931851) Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Karl of Prussia (3 July 1783 – 28 September 1851) was the son of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt . Prince William was the fourth and youngest son of King Frederick William II of Prussia and Princess Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt . He served in
52-646: The Napoleonic Wars between France and Prussia, and the Battle of Château-Thierry (1918) in World War I between the United States and Germany. In 1918, a mounting for the Paris Gun was found near the castle, though the cannon itself had apparently been moved prior to the emplacement's discovery. Château-Thierry is situated on the river Marne , at 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Paris . Château-Thierry station
65-658: The Riesengebirge mountains. From 1824 to 1829 he was governor of the Confederate Fortress at Mainz; from 1830 to 1831 he was governor-general of the Rhine Province and Westphalia . In this capacity, on 20 September 1831 he opened the first rail line on German soil from Hinsbeck via the Deilbach valley to Nierenhof. Until then, the line had been called Deilthaler Eisenbahn ("Deil Valley Railway"); after its opening it
78-547: The Guards from 1799 and fought in 1806 at the head of a cavalry brigade at Battle of Jena and Auerstedt . In December 1807, he traveled to Paris , to try to reduce the war burdens imposed on Prussia by Napoléon Bonaparte ; he only managed to obtain a modest reduction. In 1808, he represented Prussia at the Congress of Erfurt . At the end of 1808, he accompanied his brother, King Frederick William III to St. Petersburg . Later, he had
91-859: The Rhine and distinguished himself by bravery and military skills at the battles of Château-Thierry , Laon and outside Paris. After the Treaty of Paris (1814) , the Prince accompanied the king to London and then attended the negotiations of the Congress of Vienna . In 1815 during the Waterloo Campaign he commanded the reserve cavalry of the Prussian IV Corps ( Bülow's ). After the second Treaty of Paris , he lived mostly in Paris and sometimes at his Fischbach Castle in Kowary in
104-515: The castle of Château-Thierry was the home of Herbert le-Vieux, Count of Omois of the House of Vermandois and Soissons. Formerly the capital of the district of Brie Pouilleuse, Château-Thierry was captured by the English in 1421; by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor , in 1544; and by the duke of Mayenne in 1591. Château-Thierry was the site of two important battles: the Battle of Château-Thierry (1814) in
117-470: The following orders and decorations: Ch%C3%A2teau-Thierry Château-Thierry ( French: [ʃɑto tjeʁi] ; Picard : Catieu-Thierry ) is a French commune situated in the department of the Aisne , in the administrative region of Hauts-de-France , and in the historic Province of Champagne . The origin of the name of the town is unknown. The local tradition attributes it to Theuderic IV ,
130-657: The late years of the western Roman empire, a small town called Otmus was settled on a site where the Soissons - Troyes road crossed the Marne river. During the 8th century, Charles Martel kept king Theuderic IV prisoner in the castle of Otmus. At this time, the town took the name of Castrum Theodorici, later transformed in Château-Thierry ( Castle of Thierry , Thierry is the French or early Roman language translation of Theuderic). In 946,
143-514: The penultimate Merovingian king, who was imprisoned by Charles Martel , without a reliable source. Château-Thierry is the birthplace of Jean de La Fontaine and was the location of the First Battle of the Marne and Second Battle of the Marne . The arrondissement of Château-Thierry is called the country of Omois . Château-Thierry is one of 64 French towns to have received the Legion of Honour . In
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169-733: Was allowed to call itself Prinz-Wilhelm-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft . In March 1834 he was appointed general of cavalry and re-appointed as governor of the federal fortress at Mainz. He should not be confused with his nephew of the same name, the future emperor William I , who was governor of the same fortress in 1854. After the death of his wife, Marie Anna, on 14 April 1846, he withdrew from public life at his Fischbach castle. He married his first cousin Landgravine Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg , daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg , and Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (his mother's sister), together they had nine children: He received
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