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Friedrich, baron von Gagern

German military commander
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Friedrich, baron von Gagern (born October 24, 1794, Weilburg, near Mainz—died April 20, 1848, near Kandern, Baden) was a German soldier and administrator, and military commander of several Dutch provinces. He served as chief of staff during the wars against the Belgian rebels opposing Dutch rule. Returning to Germany, he led the fight against the republican revolutionaries in Baden in 1848. Interrupted in his studies at Göttingen by Napoleon’s temporary return to power in 1815,...

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