Frederick, Charles. Prince of Prussia. Born in 1828. Known as the "Red Prince" from the color of his favorite hussar uniform. Was the eldest son of Prince Charles, brother of the German emperor William, his mother being a sister of the Empress Augusta. He served in the first Schleswig-Holstein War and, having become a general of cavalry, with command of the third army corps, he commanded the right wing of the Prussian army during the Danish War of 1864. In the Austrian War of 1866, he commanded the first army, and to him the crowning victory of Sadowa was mainly due. In the Franco-German War he commanded the second army, which he led to victories at Thionville, Gravelotte, and St. Privat, and thus blockaded Bazaine in the entrenchments of Metz. After Bazaine's surrender, with 170,000 men, the prince hastened westward to check the other French forces in their attempts to relieve Paris. After a series of battles, the French army of the west was finally crushed at Le Mans. Charles Frederick died in 1885.

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