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Also Known As Karl August, Fürst von Hardenberg
Born May 31, 1750 • Germany
Died November 26, 1822 (aged 72) • Genoa • Italy
Title / Office chancellor (1810-1822), Prussia • foreign minister (1804-1806), Prussia
Role In Congress of Vienna • Napoleonic Wars

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