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Battle of Königgrätz: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date July 3, 1866
Location Czech Republic • Elbe River • Hradec Králové
Participants Austria • Prussia
Context Seven Weeks’ War

Key People

Frederick Charles, 1875
Frederick Charles, prince of Prussia
Prussian prince
Benedek, Ludwig von
Ludwig August, Ritter von Benedek
Austrian field marshal
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Kraft, prince zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Prussian military officer

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