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WITTGENSTEIN, LUDWIG ADOLF PETER, COUNT

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WITTGENSTEIN, LUDWIG ADOLF PETER, COUNT

WITTGENSTEIN, See also:
LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)
LUDWIG ADOLF See also:
PETER
PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
PETER (PEDRO)
PETER, EPISTLES OF
PETER, ST
PETER, See also:
COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)
COUNT , See also:

prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-See also:

LUDWIGSBURG

Ludwigsburg (1769—1843), See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian soldier, was descended from a See also:

FAMILY

family of formerly See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

COUNTS

counts in See also:

Westphalia. His See also:

FATHER

father had settled in See also:

Russia, and he entered the See also:

army, distinguishing himself in the See also:

POLISH

Polish See also:

War of 1794—95, and , then serving in the See also:

CAUCASUS

Caucasus. In 18o5, he fought at See also:

AUSTERLITZ (Czech Slavkov)

Austerlitz, in 18o6 against the See also:

TURKS

Turks and in 1807 against See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon at See also:

FRIEDLAND

Friedland and against the Swedes in See also:

FINLAND (Finnish, Suomi or Suomenmaa)

Finland. In the war of 1812 he commanded the right wing army of the Russians. In the See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1813 in See also:

JANUARY

January he took over the command of the Russian army after Kutfizov's See also:

DEATH

death. But after the defeats of the See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring campaign he laid down this command and led an army See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps during the See also:

DRESDEN

Dresden and See also:

LEIPZIG

Leipzig See also:

CAMPAIGNS

campaigns, and at See also:

Bar-sut-See also:

AUBE

Aube in the 1814 campaign he was severely wounded. In 1823 he was promoted See also:

field-See also:

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal, and in 1828 he was appointed to command the Russian army in the war against See also:

TURKEY

Turkey. But See also:

ill See also:

HEALTH

health soon obliged him to retire. In 1834 the See also:

king of See also:

Prussia gave him the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of prince. He died on the 11th of See also:

JUNE

June 1843.

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