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Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel Graf Tauentzien von Wittenberg
(18.04.1760 - 21.03.1824)
place of birth: Kreis Lauenburg, Pommern (Lebork, Poland)
Königreich
Preußen: KG,
General der Infanterie
One of King Friedrich Wilhelm II.'s closest confidants,
Bogislav von Tauentzien took part in the 1793 campaign against France
as a young military officer. He led troops at Jena as a Generalmajor,
thereafter taking command of the Brandenburg Brigade where he busied
himself with the reorganization of the Prussian Army. He also headed up
a corps during engagements at Grossbeeren and Dennewitz,
helping to defeat Napoleon during the 1813 occupation of the fortresses
at Torgau and Wittenberg.
General von Tauentzien later commanded Prussia's VI. Armee-Korps, as
well as III. Armee-Korps. In 1889, the Brandenburg Infanterie-Regiment Nr.
20 was renamed in Tauentzien's honor. In 1813, he was decorated with Prussia's
highest order of chivalry, the Schwarzer Adler-Orden (Order of the
Black Eagle.)
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