Gebhard Leberecht VON BLüCHER

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French Revolution & Empire, 19th Century

GermanBorn Gebhard Leberecht VON BLüCHER

Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) who led his army against Napoleon I

Born on December 16, 1742 in Rostock, Deutschland

Died on September 12, 1819 in Krieblowitz, Schlesien

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Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher was born in Rostock in the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a Baltic port in northern Germany. His family had been landowners in northern Germany since at least the 13th century.



He began his military career at sixteen, when he joined the Swedish Army as a Hussar. At the time Sweden was at war with Prussia in the Seven Years' War.

...   Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher was born in Rostock in the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a Baltic port in northern Germany. His family had been landowners in northern Germany since at least the 13th century.



He began his military career at sixteen, when he joined the Swedish Army as a Hussar. At the time Sweden was at war with Prussia in the Seven Years' War.



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