Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prussian field marshal (died 1792)

Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

German military officer (1721–1792)

Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was a German military officer best known for his participation in the Seven Years' War. From 1757 to 1762, he led an Anglo-German army in western Germany which successfully repelled French attempts to capture Hanover.