Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721-1773)
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- Name (English)
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
- Short name
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
- Year of birth
- 1721
- Year of death
- 1773
- Short Description
- "Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Seydlitz[Note 1] (3 February 1721 – 8 November 1773) was a Prussian officer, lieutenant general, and among the greatest of the Prussian cavalry generals. He commanded one of the first Hussar squadrons of Frederick the Great´s army and is credited with the development of the Prussian cavalry to its efficient level of performance in the Seven Years´ War. His cavalryman father retired and then died while Seydlitz was still young. Subsequently, he was mentored by the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Seydlitz´s superb horsemanship and his recklessness combined to make him a stand-out subaltern, and he emerged as a redoubtable Rittmeister (cavalry captain) in the War of Austrian Succession (1740–1748) during the First and Second Silesian Wars." - (en.wikipedia.org 30.01.2020)
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Seydlitz in der Schlacht bei Roßbach
Auf der linken Bildhälfte...
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Image: Museum Weißenfels - Schloss Neu-Augustusburg - CC BY-NC-SA -
Freiherr von Seydlitz-Kurzbach in der Schlacht bei Roßbach, 2. Hälfte 19. Jh.
Auf der Grafik ist Seydlitz...
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Image: Museum Weißenfels - Schloss Neu-Augustusburg - CC BY-NC-SA -
Seydlitz(-Kurzbach), Friedrich Wilhelm Frhr. von (1721–1773), preuß. General der Kavallerie
Lithographie (von Heinrich...
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Image: Landesgeschichtliche Vereinigung für die Mark Brandenburg e.V., Archiv - CC BY -
Lithophanie-Hänger "General von Seydlitz", Holzwechselrahmen
Lithophanie-Hänger "General...
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Image: Sammlung "S", Wuppertal - CC BY-NC-SA
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