Maximilian Wilhelm of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Maximilian Wilhelm of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Maximilian Wilhelm of Hanover (December 13, 1666 - July 16, 1726) was a Prince of Hanover and an Imperial Field Marshal.

Maximilian Wilhelm of Hanover was born on 13 December 1666 at Schloss Iburg near Osnabrück. He was the third son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover and Sophia of the Palatinate. He was a younger brother of the future George I of Great Britain.

He had a military career, rising to the rank of Marshal [ [http://www.burkes-peerage.net/articles/roking09.aspx Burke's Peerage - Article Library ] ] . He commanded the Hanoverian troops in the Spanish War of Succession and was in command of the cavalry under Eugene of Savoy at the Battle of Blenheim.

He died on July 16 or 27 1726 at age 59 at Vienna, Austria.He had no children.

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