Margrave Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt (13 August 1710 – 10 April 1741, fell in the

Battle of Mollwitz The Battle of Mollwitz was fought by Prussia and Austria on 10 April 1741, during the First Silesian War (in the early stages of the War of the Austrian Succession). It was the first battle of the new Prussian King Frederick II, in which both si ...

) was the second son of

Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt Albert Frederick, Prince of Prussia, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (24 January 1672 – 21 June 1731), was a Lieutenant General in the army of the Electorate of Brandenburg-Prussia and Grand Master of the Order of Saint John. In his lifetime h ...

and his wife Maria Dorothea of Courland (1684-1743). He initially served in the Dutch army, and later as a Colonel of the Royal Prussian Mounted Guards. From 1737, he was a Knight of the

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. From 1741, he was commander of the Regiment Margrave Charles. That same year, he fell in the

. His name is mentioned on the

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on the centerline of

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. Has son, with unknown "Anne", Matthias "Tice" Brandenburg (1738-1807).

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* F. A. W. Dünnemann: ''Stammbuch der brandenburgisch-preussischen regenten'', p. 111,
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* K. F. Reiche: ''Friedrich der Große und seine Zeit: Nach den besten Quellen dargest'', p. 44
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