 Brunswick Peninsula was named by English explorers in honour of 
Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, who joined the Duke of Wellington in the Quatre Bras Battle against Napoleon, in 1815; the Duke of Brunswick died in battle.Brunswick is a city (and former duchy) in Germany.The only city in the Peninsula is Punta Arenas, the regional capital, located on the northeast coast and near the Straits of Magellan.