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Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel

1744 - 1836

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Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel (Danish: Carl, German and Norwegian: Karl; 19 December 1744 – 17 August 1836) was a cadet member of the house of Hesse-Kassel and a Danish general field marshal. Brought up with relatives at the Danish court, he spent most of his life in Denmark, serving as royal governor of the twin duchies of Schleswig-Holstein from 1769 to 1836 and commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army from 1772 to 1814. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel is the 876th most popular military personnel (up from 900th in 2019), the 2,223rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,206th in 2019) and the 158th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel ranks 876 out of 2,058. Before him are Joseph Dunford, Julius Jacob von Haynau, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Woodes Rogers, Janko Bobetko, and Jang Bogo. After him are Artabazos I of Phrygia, Jukums Vācietis, Adelbert Schulz, Karl Lennart Oesch, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and Yekaterina Budanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel ranks 13. Before him are Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Abigail Adams, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Pierce Butler, and Elbridge Gerry. After him are Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Giacomo Quarenghi, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Marianna Martines, and Nikolay Novikov. Among people deceased in 1836, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel ranks 25. Before him are Anton Reicha, Davy Crockett, Aaron Burr, James Mill, William Henry, and Edward Turner Bennett. After him are Carle Vernet, James Bowie, William Elford Leach, Karel Hynek Mácha, John Loudon McAdam, and Norbert Burgmüller.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel ranks 2,224 out of 7,253. Before him are Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria (1368), George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1547), Stephen the Posthumous (1236), Paul von Hase (1885), Fritz Wunderlich (1930), and Wilhelm Marr (1819). After him are Valerius Cordus (1515), Ernest of Bavaria (1554), Erdoğan Atalay (1966), Ernest, Duke of Bavaria (1373), Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760), and Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel ranks 158. Before him are Bruno Loerzer (1891), Fritz Witt (1908), Heinrich von Plauen (1370), Hans Loritz (1895), Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922), and Julius Jacob von Haynau (1786). After him are Adelbert Schulz (1903), Winrich von Kniprode (1310), Ernst Barkmann (1919), Hermann Ehrhardt (1881), Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809), and Karl Mauss (1898).

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