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(Encyclopedia) Ferdinand, 1721–92, Prussian field marshal, a prince of the house of Brunswick, known as Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick. He served King Frederick II of Prussia brilliantly in the Seven…
(Encyclopedia) FontenoyFontenoyfôNtənwäˈ [key], village, Hainaut prov., SW Belgium, near Tournai. There, in 1745, Count Maurice de Saxe, in his most celebrated victory, led the French against the…
(Encyclopedia) GuiseGuisegēz, gwēz [key], influential ducal family of France.
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