MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

1759 - 1830

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Johann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (born von Yorck; 26 September 1759 – 4 October 1830) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall instrumental in the Kingdom of Prussia ending an alliance with France to form one with Russia during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Ludwig van Beethoven's "Yorckscher Marsch" is named in his honor. The Field Marshal's surname is Yorck; Wartenburg is a battle-honour appended to the surname as a title of distinction (cf. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg has received more than 190,687 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg is the 669th most popular military personnel (up from 692nd in 2019), the 1,654th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,706th in 2019) and the 125th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 669 out of 2,058. Before him are Werner Kempf, Jean-Andoche Junot, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, Pavel Sudoplatov, and Lei Feng. After him are Karl-Adolf Hollidt, Arslan Isra'il, Heinz Hitler, Maarten Tromp, Takijirō Ōnishi, and Juan José Flores.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 16. Before him are Clotilde of France, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony, Friedrich August Wolf, and Pierre-Joseph Redouté. After him are Jacques Cathelineau, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, François Devienne, Johann Christian Reil, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and William Playfair. Among people deceased in 1830, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 16. Before him are Antonio José de Sucre, Thomas Lawrence, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden, and Petar I Petrović-Njegoš. After him are Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Dominique Vandamme, Swaminarayan, Pierre Rode, and Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 1,654 out of 7,253. Before him are August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Felix Nussbaum (1904), Conrad Celtes (1459), Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg (1623), Christian the Younger of Brunswick (1599), and Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630). After him are Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866), Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (1344), Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739), Heinz Hitler (1920), and August Hirt (1898).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 125. Before him are Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893), Max Immelmann (1890), Herta Bothe (1921), Lothar von Trotha (1848), Wilhelm Rediess (1900), and Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911). After him are Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Heinz Hitler (1920), August Hirt (1898), Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1721), Hans Langsdorff (1894), and Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld (1651).

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