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Also Known As Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau
Born July 3, 1676 • Dessau • Germany
Died April 7, 1747 (aged 70) • Dessau • Germany
Role In War of the Austrian Succession • War of the Spanish Succession
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer
Portrait painting of Frederick II of Brandenburg, King of Prussia, wearing a dark coat with a star medal, yellow gloves, and holding a cane, with the inscription Fridericus II Rex Prussiae.
Frederick II
king of Prussia
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François-Marie, 1st duke de Broglie
French general
Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
Helmuth von Moltke
German general [1800–1891]
Carl von Clausewitz
Carl von Clausewitz
Prussian general
Frederick William I
Frederick William I
king of Prussia
Painting by Antoine Pesne showing King Frederick I seated on an ornate silver throne, wearing elaborate royal robes and holding a scepter, with a crown on a table beside him.
Frederick I
king of Prussia
August, Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau
August, Count Neidhardt von Gneisenau
Prussian field marshal
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt
Prussian field marshal
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst
Prussian general
Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick
Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick
Prussian noble
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Edwin, Freiherr von Manteuffel
Prussian general
Johann Yorck, Graf von Wartenburg
Johann Yorck, count von Wartenburg
Prussian field marshal
Frederick Charles, 1875
Frederick Charles, prince of Prussia
Prussian prince
Lutzow, lithograph, 1815
Adolf, baron von Lützow
Prussian general
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Leonhard, count von Blumenthal
Prussian officer
Seydlitz, Friedrich Wilhelm, Freiherr von
Friedrich Wilhelm, baron von Seydlitz
Prussian general
Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ferdinand
Prussian general
Alvensleben-Erxleben, Gustav, graf von
Gustav, count von Alvensleben-Erxleben
Prussian general
Friedrich Ludwig, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Friedrich Ludwig, prince zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Prussian field marshal