Everything about Prince Georg Friedrich Of Waldeck totally explained
Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck (
January 31 1620 in
Arolsen; †
November 19 1692 in Arolsen) was a German
Field Marshal and a Dutch General.
In
1641, Waldeck entered the service of the
States-General of the Netherlands; later in
1651, in the service of
Brandenburg, he reached the highest rank as minister. He changed the foreign policy completely by abandoning the alliance with the Emperor and trying to forge a coalition with the protestant princes.
In
1656 he arranged a coalition with
Sweden, and commanded the cavalry in the
Battle of Warsaw (1656) against
Poland. He was dismissed in
1658 when
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg made peace with Poland.
After that he fought under
Charles X Gustav of Sweden against
Denmark, as German Reichsfeldmarschall in
1664 near
Sankt Gotthard. In
1683 he commanded Bavarian troops during the
Battle of Vienna. In
1685 he fought as a free-lancer for the Duke of Lorraine and the Elector of Bavaria.
After
William III left for
England in
1688 to claim the English throne, Waldeck was appointed commander of William's forces during the
War of the Grand Alliance in the
Spanish Netherlands. Although he was victorious at the
Battle of Walcourt in
1689, the following year he suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of
Marshal Luxembourg at the
Battle of Fleurus.
In
1691, he was again outmanoeuvred by Luxembourg and defeated at the
Battle of Leuze.
After this defeat Waldeck was appointed chief-of-staff of the Dutch army. He died
19 November 1692 in Arolsen.
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