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Hans
Ernst Karl Graf von Zieten
(05.03.1770 - 03.05.1848)
place of birth: Dechtow, Brandenburg
Königreich
Preußen: OBH,
Generalfeldmarschall (Cav)
Prussian Hussar officer and Field Marshal Graf von Zieten was, despite the
name, not related to Frederick the Great's renowned cavalry general Hans Joachim
von Zieten. Hans Ernst von Zieten rather served as a General of Hussars and as
the commander of the Upper Silesian Cavalry Brigade under Generalfeldmarschall von Blücher.
Graf von Zieten's chief fame rests with his actions in the 1815 campaign.
Although he held a brigade command in 1813, included Leipzig, it was as a General-Lieutenant in command of I.
Armee-Korps in 1815 that he was most prominent, both at Ligny
and in the march to Mont St-Jean as troops under his charge shored up
Wellington's left flank late in the day. General von Zieten later commanded the
Prussian forces during the occupation of France, and attained the rank of
Generalfeldmarschall in 1839. He died in May
of 1848 in Bad Warmbrunn (present-day Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój, Poland.)
In 1815, he was decorated with Prussia's highest order of chivalry, the
Schwarzer Adler-Orden (Order of the Black Eagle.)
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