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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. Steinmetz commanded one of three armies assembled on the Rhine for the Franco-Prussian War, during which he quarreled with Prince Friedrich Karl. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz is the 1,003rd most popular military personnel (down from 916th in 2019), the 2,548th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,242nd in 2019) and the 181st most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz ranks 1,003 out of 2,058. Before him are Yan Liang, François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Walter Weiß, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Hamazasp Babadzhanian. After him are Stanisław Maczek, Erik Heinrichs, Gongsun Du, Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, Vasili Mitrokhin, and Hannibal Gisco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz ranks 27. Before him are François Mignet, Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, Karl Ernst Claus, James Bowie, and Jean-Gaspard Deburau. After him are August von Platen-Hallermünde, John Stevens Henslow, David Roberts, Abdullah Abdul Kadir, Johann Christian Poggendorff, and Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky. Among people deceased in 1877, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz ranks 29. Before him are Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Philipp Veit, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Constantine Kanaris, Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, and Pōmare IV. After him are Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, Alexander Braun, Walter Bagehot, Alexandre Herculano, Angelica Singleton Van Buren, and Louise Bertin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz ranks 2,549 out of 7,253. Before him are Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (1914), Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1670), Walter Frentz (1907), Jacob Schiff (1847), Peter Schöffer (1420), and Bernd Rosemeyer (1909). After him are Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (1906), Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), Ludwig Müller (1883), Louise Catherine Breslau (1856), Johann Benedict Listing (1808), and Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (1269).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz ranks 181. Before him are Dietrich Kraiss (1889), Wilhelm Marschall (1886), Fritz Klingenberg (1912), Hans von Obstfelder (1886), Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (1683), and Heinrich Bär (1913). After him are Joachim Schepke (1912), Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer (1900), Hans Hartwig von Beseler (1850), Karl Ernst (1904), Otto von Lossow (1868), and Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883).

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