Battle of Wörth
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The Battle of Wörth, also known as the Battle of Reichshoffen or as the Battle of Frœschwiller, refers to the second battle of Wörth, which took place on 6 August 1870 in the opening stages of the Fra
Wuerttemberger bei Woerth
Battle of Wörth, 1870 (general overview)
Situation at noon.
Frederick III, or Friedrich III, was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days from 9 March 1888 until his death in June that year, during the Year of the Three Emperors.
Battle of Wörth
…Battle of Wörth occurred on 23 December 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars). In the second battle, troops from Germany commanded by Crown Prince Frederick William and directed by his chief of staff, General Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal, defeated the French under Marshal MacMahon near the village of Wœrth in Alsace…
Daguerreotype of Frederick William, c. 1841
Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia, 1867, by Oskar Begas
Victoria, Princess Royal—eldest daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom—whom Frederick married in 1858
Frederick and his son, Wilhelm, in October 1863 at Balmoral castle