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Born January 12, 1721 • Germany
Died July 3, 1792 (aged 71) • Germany
Role In Seven Years’ War

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Frederick II
Frederick II
king of Prussia
Seydlitz, Friedrich Wilhelm, Freiherr von
Friedrich Wilhelm, baron von Seydlitz
Prussian general
James Keith
Scottish military leader
Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
Helmuth von Moltke
German general [1800–1891]
Carl von Clausewitz
Carl von Clausewitz
Prussian general
Frederick William I
Frederick William I
king of Prussia
August, Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau
August, Count Neidhardt von Gneisenau
Prussian field marshal
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt
Prussian field marshal
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst
Prussian general
Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick
Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick
Prussian noble
Leopold I
prince of Anhalt-Dessau
Edwin, Freiherr von Manteuffel
Prussian general
Johann Yorck, Graf von Wartenburg
Johann Yorck, count von Wartenburg
Prussian field marshal
Frederick Charles, 1875
Frederick Charles, prince of Prussia
Prussian prince
Lutzow, lithograph, 1815
Adolf, baron von Lützow
Prussian general
Leonhard, count von Blumenthal
Prussian officer
Alvensleben-Erxleben, Gustav, graf von
Gustav, count von Alvensleben-Erxleben
Prussian general
Friedrich Ludwig, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Friedrich Ludwig, prince zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Prussian field marshal
Kraft, prince zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Prussian military officer
Sir Eyre Coote
British soldier