Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)

Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia (20 March 1828 – 15 June 1885) was the son of Prince Charles of Prussia (1801–1883) and his wife, Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808–1877). Prince Friedrich Karl was a grandson of King Frederick William III of Prussia and a nephew of Frederick William IV and William I.

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Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
Born	20 March 1828 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	15 June 1885(1885-06-15) (aged 57) Jagdschloss Glienicke, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Spouse	Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau ​ ​ (m. 1854)​
Issue	Princess Marie Elisabeth, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg Princess Anna Victoria Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn Prince Friedrich Leopold
Names Friedrich Karl Nikolaus
House	Hohenzollern
Father	Prince Charles of Prussia
Mother	Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Military career
Allegiance	Kingdom of Prussia  German Empire
Service/branch	Prussian Army  Imperial German Army
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall
Commands held	III Corps First Army Second Army
Battles/wars	First Schleswig War Second Schleswig War Austro-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War
Awards	Pour le Mérite (Grand Cross) Iron Cross (Grand Cross) Order of the Black Eagle

Prussian Royalty
House of Hohenzollern
Descendants of Frederick William III
Grandchildren Prince Friedrich Karl Louise, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld Charlotte, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Anna Prince Albert Princess Elisabeth Princess Alexandrine
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As a military commander, the Prince had a major influence on the Royal Prussian Army's advances in training and tactics in the 1850s and 1860s. He commanded one of the armies which defeated the Austrian army at the Battle of Königgrätz in 1866 and the French Army of the Rhine at the Battle of Mars-la-Tour, overseeing the defeat of the Army of the Rhine at the Siege of Metz in 1870.