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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 switching of the Kingdom of Prussia from a French alliance to a Russian alliance 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 169,716 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg is the 692nd most popular military personnel (up from 763rd in 2019), the 1,706th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,959th in 2019) and the 129th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 692 out of 1,468Before him are Oswald Boelcke, Walther Nehring, Adolf Heusinger, Markian Popov, Vasily Petrov, and William Halsey Jr.. After him are Kurt von Tippelskirch, Abner Doubleday, Roger of Lauria, Max Immelmann, Won Gyun, and Frank Jack Fletcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 16Before him are Clotilde of France, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Friedrich August Wolf, and Pierre-Joseph Redouté. After him are Jacques Cathelineau, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, James Edward Smith, François Devienne, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Johann Christian Reil. Among people deceased in 1830, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 17Before him are Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, Thomas Lawrence, Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Dominique Vandamme, and Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Pierre Rode, Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, and Swaminarayan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 1,706 out of 6,142Before him are Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1679), Max Koegel (1895), Hinrich Lohse (1896), Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787), and Dietmar Hopp (1940). After him are Walter Röhrl (1947), Michael Stifel (1487), Richenza of Northeim (1087), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Manfred von Ardenne (1907), and Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ranks 129Before him are Georg Stumme (1886), Wilhelm Schepmann (1894), Lothar von Trotha (1848), Hans Hermann von Katte (1704), Oswald Boelcke (1891), and Adolf Heusinger (1897). After him are Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Max Immelmann (1890), Fritz Klingenberg (1912), Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886), Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (1889), and Erich Rudorffer (1917).