William Augustus

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William Augustus, better known as Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, was an 18th-century British royal and military commander noted for his role in the Battle of Culloden and the suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1745.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British prince ⓘ
human ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
baptismPlace St James’s Palace, London ⓘ
birthDate 1721-04-15 ⓘ
birthPlace Leicester House, London ⓘ
causeOfNickname harsh repression after the Battle of Culloden ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1765-10-31 ⓘ
deathPlace Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park ⓘ
education privately educated as a British prince ⓘ
father George II of Great Britain ⓘ
givenName Augustus ⓘ
William ⓘ
hasNoChildren true ⓘ
honorificPrefix His Royal Highness ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
maritalStatus never married ⓘ
memberOf British royal family ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
mother Caroline of Ansbach ⓘ
nickname Butcher Cumberland ⓘ
nobleTitle Duke of Cumberland ⓘ
Prince of Great Britain ⓘ
notableWork command at the Battle of Culloden ⓘ
command in the Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
command in the Battle of Lauffeld ⓘ
service in the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1745 ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Culloden ⓘ
Battle of Dettingen ⓘ
Battle of Fontenoy ⓘ
Battle of Lauffeld ⓘ
Jacobite rising of 1745 ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
placeOfBurial Westminster Abbey ⓘ
positionHeld Baron Alderney ⓘ
Captain-General of the British Army ⓘ
Chancellor of the University of Dublin ⓘ
Duke of Cumberland ⓘ
Earl of Kennington ⓘ
Ranger of Windsor Great Park ⓘ
Viscount Trematon ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
royalHouse House of Hanover ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange ⓘ
Frederick, Prince of Wales ⓘ
Louise of Great Britain ⓘ
Princess Amelia of Great Britain ⓘ
Princess Caroline of Great Britain ⓘ
Princess Mary of Great Britain ⓘ

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