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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz

1796 - 1877

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Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (27 December 1796 – 2 August 1877) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. He was born at Eisenach and joined the army of Prussia during the War of Liberation. Over the Seven Weeks' War he led the V Corps against Austria and became known as the Lion of Nachod for his victories as the Battles of Nachod, Skalitz, and Schweinschädel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz has received more than 83,233 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz is the 1,017th most popular military personnel (down from 836th in 2019), the 2,595th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,183rd in 2019) and the 203rd most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz ranks 1,017 out of 1,468. Before him are Wilhelm Marschall, Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov, Hans Graf von Sponeck, Constantin Prezan, Justinian, and William Brown. After him are Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Otto Ciliax, John Paul Jones, Pierre André de Suffren, Max von Gallwitz, and Gregor MacGregor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz ranks 25. Before him are David Roberts, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Karl Ernst Claus, Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, and Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel. After him are François Mignet, Carl Ludwig Blume, August von Platen-Hallermünde, John Stevens Henslow, Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Abdullah Abdul Kadir. Among people deceased in 1877, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz ranks 30. Before him are Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Philipp Veit, Walter Bagehot, and Pōmare IV. After him are José de Alencar, Johann Christian Poggendorff, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Alexandre Herculano, Alexander Braun, and Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz ranks 2,595 out of 6,142. Before him are Walther Gerlach (1889), Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine (1843), Rudolf Peierls (1907), Ewald Hering (1834), Prince William of Baden (1829), and Martin Schwarzschild (1912). After him are John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt (1383), Otto Ciliax (1891), Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1967), Albrecht Adam (1786), Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846), and Brunhilde Pomsel (1911).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz ranks 203. Before him are Alexander von Linsingen (1850), Hans Hartwig von Beseler (1850), Hajo Herrmann (1913), Erwin Jaenecke (1890), Wilhelm Marschall (1886), and Hans Graf von Sponeck (1888). After him are Otto Ciliax (1891), Richard Ruoff (1883), Otto Schniewind (1887), Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg (1684), Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792), and Maximilian Fretter-Pico (1892).

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