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Friedrich Graf Kleist
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Friedrich Emil Ferdinand Heinrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf (9.2.1762 - 17.2.1823) place of birth: Berlin General von Kleist was a Field Marshal in the Imperial Prussian Army. He was initially a Page in Prince Heinrich's court in 1774, then joined Infantry Regiment von Bülow to fight in the War of Bavarian Succession 1778-79. He then saw action during the French Revolutionary Wars as part of Field Marshal von Möllendorf's general staff. From 1803 to 1807, von Kleist served as Adjutant General to King Friedrich Wilhelm III. He returned to field duty in 1807, seeing action at Jena during the Napoleonic Wars and also fighting under General Yorck von Wartenburg in the War against Russia in 1812. He commanded a corps of coalition forces at the start of the Prussian campaign versus France in 1813, and then served as the Prussian envoy during the peace negotiations at Poischwitz. Graf Kleist von Nollendorf was then transferred to Magdeburg where he became the initial commander of Prussia's 4th Army Corps. Nollendorfplatz and Kleiststrase in Berlin are both named after him. |
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