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Leopold of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
b.12 Oct 1752 Wolfenbüttel, Braunschweig, Germany
d.27 Apr 1787 Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
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m. 2 Jul 1733
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Maximilian Julius Leopold of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and nominal Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg (12 October 1752, Wolfenbüttel - 27 April 1785, Frankfurt(Oder)) was a Prussian major general and one of the few high officers in the armies of the late European Enlightenment , for whom the subordinate soldier was more than an expendable tool in the hands of the commanding officer. Princely charity towards soldiers and citizens and the circumstances of his death made Leopold famous.
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