• Ewald Albert Friedrich Karl Leopold Arnold von Kleist-Schmenzin (22 March 1890 – 9 April 1945) was a German lawyer, a conservative politician, opponent...
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    Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), pen name Novalis (/noʊˈvɑːlɪs/; German: [noˈvaːlɪs]), was a German aristocrat...
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    born in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, son of Generalleutnant Friedrich Philipp Victor von Moltke (1768–1845), a German in Danish service. In 1805, his...
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    Henning Alexander von Kleist (1676/77–1749) was an 18th-century Prussian field marshal. He fought in the War of Spanish Succession, the Great Northern...
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    as a reward for his distinguished service, Gneisenau — along with Yorck, Kleist, and Bülow — was elevated to the rank of count, while at the same time Blücher...
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    command of the second army corps in place of Kleist's. During the Waterloo Campaign of 1815, Lieutenant-General von Zieten commanded the Prussian I Corps. The...
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    Infanterie Friedrich Sixt von Armin (1851–1936), awarded the Grand Cross by statute of the Order of the Black Eagle, conferred, 1917 Prince Leopold of Bavaria...
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    field marshal. Paul von Hindenburg — World War I-era German field marshal and later president of Germany. Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf — Napoleonic-era...
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  • Wilhelm Leopold (13 July 1729 – 14 May 1803) married Henriette von Thiele Charlotte (1767–1833) wife of the Field Marshal Friedrich von Kleist Marie Charlotte...
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    Karl May (redirect from Karl Friedrich May)
    Karl Friedrich May (/maɪ/ MY, German: [kaʁl ˈmaɪ] ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his novels of travels...
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  • Friederike Emilie Karoline von Meerheimb (1835–1925) in Jürgenshagen. She was a daughter of Friedrich von Meerheimbug and Emilie Kleist von Meerheimbug. Together...
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    Bertha's guardian, Landgrave Friedrich Michael zu Fürstenberg-Taikowitz (1793–1866). Her older brother, Count Arthur Franz Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1827–1906)...
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    Gottlieb Fichte, Johann Gottfried Herder, Alexander von Humboldt, Wilhelm von Humboldt, and August and Friedrich Schlegel have come to be collectively termed...
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    Friedrich Leopold Graf von Gessler (or Geßler; (24 June 1688 – 22 August 1762) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and one of Frederick the Great's most...
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  • Alfred Kleinert Ewald Christian von Kleist Heinrich von Kleist Thomas Kling Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock Christian Knorr von Rosenroth Gertrud Kolmar Michael...
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    Walther von der Vogelweide. Leich, Lieder, Sangsprüche (16th ed.). De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783110980608. ISBN 9783110980608. von der Hagen, Friedrich Heinrich...
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    Heinrich von Kleist (1836-1917) Gebhard Friedrich von Krosigk (1835-1904) Maximilian von Laffert (1855–1917) Georg Lindemann (1884–1963) August von Mackensen...
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    siblings were Leopoldine (the wife of Lt.-Gen. Ferdinand von Kleist) and Karl Friedrich von der Goltz, adjutant general of Kaiser Wilhelm I. After his father's...
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    Sturm und Drang (category Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
    Michael Reinhold Lenz, H. L. Wagner, and Friedrich Maximilian Klinger. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller were notable proponents of the...
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    Erwin von Witzleben (1881–1944) July 19, 1940 – Franz Halder (1884–1972) July 19, 1940 – Friedrich Dollmann (1882–1944) July 19, 1940 – Ewald von Kleist (1881–1954)...
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    child of Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Eulenburg (Prassen, 26 December 1787 - Königsberg, 30 July 1845) and Amalie Julie Eleonore née von Kleist (Perkuiken...
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    von Kleist, whose devoted friend he became. When the prince was killed during the Prussian siege of Prague, Gleim became secretary to Prince Leopold of...
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    Gustav Freiherr von Berg (22 March 1902—16 October 1906); Karl Freiherr von Willisen (16 Oct 1906—22 March 1910); Friedrich von Kleist (22 March 1910—20...
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  • J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Amphitryon [de] (1807), by Heinrich von Kleist Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui (1941) by Bertolt Brecht Aufstieg...
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  • Joachim Ernst von Grumbkow 1682 Dietrich von Dohna 1686 Joachim Friedrich von Wreech, 1714 Peter von Blanckensee, 1733 Friedrich Leopold von Gessler, 1758...
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  • Carl Heinrich Graun, composer (born 1704) August 24 – Ewald Christian von Kleist, librettist and poet (born 1715) September 4 – Girolamo Chiti, composer...
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    provided the Prussian Army with 21 generals. His father, Leopold Hans Heinrich Eugen Hermann von Tresckow, later a cavalry general, had been present at...
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    August af Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Augustenborg; German: Friedrich Christian August Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg; 6 July 1829...
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    Konzerthaus Berlin (category Karl Friedrich Schinkel buildings)
    Notable premieres during this period included Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist in 1876, and The Assumption of Hannele by Gerhart Hauptmann in 1893. After...
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    Wilhelmine Rosalie Sara Anna Lori von Hohenau (b.1917) Count Albrecht Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Hugo Eberhard Max von Hohenau (b.1919) After divorcing his...
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