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Nicolas Luckner

1722 - 1794

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Nicolas, Count Luckner (German: Johann Nikolaus Graf Luckner; 12 January 1722, Cham – 4 January 1794, Paris) was a German officer in French service who rose to become a Marshal of France. Luckner grew up in Kötzting, in eastern Bavaria and received his early education from the Jesuits in Passau. Before entering the French service, Luckner spent time in the Bavarian, Dutch and Hanoverian armies. He fought as a commander of hussars during the Seven Years' War (1756–1763) in the Hanoverian Army against the French. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Luckner is the 1,146th most popular military personnel (down from 1,089th in 2019), the 2,884th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,658th in 2019) and the 211th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nicolas Luckner ranks 1,146 out of 2,058. Before him are Quintus Labienus, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, Dmitry Utkin, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Wilhelm Brückner, and Yitzhak Hofi. After him are Piet Cronjé, Hans Cramer, Ludwig Kübler, Günther Lützow, Tōdō Takatora, and Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1722, Nicolas Luckner ranks 20. Before him are Paisius Velichkovsky, Pietro Nardini, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Amursana, Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Petrus Camper. After him are Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen, John Burgoyne, Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel, Anna Louisa Karsch, and Christopher Smart. Among people deceased in 1794, Nicolas Luckner ranks 46. Before him are Anacharsis Cloots, Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne, Lotf Ali Khan, Jacques François Dugommier, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, and Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve. After him are François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, François Hanriot, François Joseph Westermann, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, and Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Nicolas Luckner ranks 2,886 out of 7,253. Before him are Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743), Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1704), Hans Thoma (1839), Johann Froben (1460), Egon Bahr (1922), and Johannes Aventinus (1477). After him are Annelie Ehrhardt (1950), Johannes Dieckmann (1893), Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1622), John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1627), Hans Cramer (1896), and Charles II, Duke of Brunswick (1804).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Nicolas Luckner ranks 211. Before him are Erwin Jaenecke (1890), August Karl von Goeben (1816), Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792), Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt (1669), Carl Hilpert (1888), and Wilhelm Brückner (1884). After him are Hans Cramer (1896), Ludwig Kübler (1889), Günther Lützow (1912), Alexander von Linsingen (1850), Johanna Wolf (1900), and Wolfgang Lotz (1921).

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