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Karl Friedrich
Emil zu Dohna-Schlobitten
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Karl Friedrich Emil zu Dohna-Schlobitten (4.3.1784 - 21.2.1859) place of birth: Schloss Finkenstein (Kamieniec, West Prussia) Generalfeldmarschall: 14 March 1854 Prussian count who began his active military service as a faehnrich (officer's candidate) in 1798 in Königsberg. He was a student of Scharnhorst's, and later saw action at Eylau serving on General L'Estorcq's staff. He was wounded and spent time as a prisoner of war in France. Later, he served on Scharnhorst's general staff and was also awarded the Pour le Merite in 1807. The count married Scharnhorst's daugher Julie, and then served with Clausewitz in Russia. Dohna-Schlobitten also saw action at Waterloo as a colonel and was promoted major general in 1822. In 1839 Friedrich Wilhelm II appointed him as commanding general of II. Army Corps in Stettin. He also commanded I. Army Corps and in 1848 and received the Order of the Black Eagle. Dohna-Schlobitten declined the appointment as Minister President and retired in 1854 at the rank of field marshal.
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