= William = '''William''' was a prince of [[UnitedKingdom/Monarchs#Kingdom_of_Great_Britain|Great Britain]] and [[Ireland/Monarchs#Kingdom_of_Ireland|Ireland]]. <> ---- == History == William was the youngest son of [[UnitedKingdom/GeorgeII|George II]]. As a child, [[UnitedKingdom/GeorgeI|George I]] created him '''duke of Cumberland'''. He entered the military and first saw deployment in the [[WorldHistory/WarOfAustrianSuccession|War of Austrian Succession]]. He fought in the English-Austrian army that his father led in the '''Battle of Dettingen'''. While George II was still abroad leading this army, '''Charles Edward Stuart''' landed at Scotland in 1745. William was dispatched to put down this new Jacobite rebellion. Achieving victory through the '''Battle of Culloden''' in April 1746, he became known as a brutal militarist. In 1756, [[Germany/FrederickII|Frederick the Great]] invaded [[Austria/MariaTheresa|Austria]] to seize Saxony and Bohemia, and [[WorldHistory/Hanover|Hanover]] stood between [[France/LouisXV|French]] armies and the emerging war front of the [[WorldHistory/SevenYearsWar|Seven Years' War]]. Furthermore, England immediately suffered a devastating loss in [[WorldHistory/BalearicIslands|Menorca]]. William was granted permission to negotiate a separate peace for Hanover in 1757, but the '''Convention of Klosterzeven''' was a complete concession to French demands. George II revoked his permission for a separate treaty, disgraced William, and pulled Hanover back into the war. ---- CategoryRicottone