Prussian invasion of Holland
The Prussian invasion of Holland was a military campaign under the leadership of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, against the rise of the democratic Patriot movement in the Dutch Republic in September–October 1787 with the aim of disempowering the patriots and disarming the Free Corps, as well as reinstating the William V of Orange as hereditary stadtholder in the Dutch Republic.
Prussian troops entering the Leidsepoort of Amsterdam on 10 October 1787.
Negotiations between Princess Wilhelmina and the defense commission on the same day in Goejanverwellesluis.
Frederick William II of Prussia by Anna Dorothea Therbusch
Princess Wilhelmina, by Johann Friedrich August Tischbein
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
Charles William Ferdinand was the prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a military leader. His titles are usually shortened to Duke of Brunswick in English-language sources.
Schloss Wolfenbüttel, probable birthplace of Charles William Ferdinand
Princess Augusta of Great Britain, his wife, painted c. 1763
Portrait of Charles William Ferdinand as Hereditary Prince by Pompeo Batoni, 1767.
Equestrian statue of the duke in Brunswick, by Franz Pönninger [de].
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