Ludwig Friedrich Leopold von Gerlach

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Leopold von Gerlach
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Leopold von Gerlach
Born(1790-09-17)17 September 1790
Berlin, Prussia
Died10 January 1861(1861-01-10) (aged 70)
Berlin, Prussia
AllegianceKingdom of Prussia Prussia
Service/branchPrussian Army

(Ludwig Friedrich) Leopold von Gerlach (17 September 1790 – 10 January 1861) was a Prussian army general, adjutant to Frederick William IV of Prussia and a Protestant conservative associate of Otto von Bismarck.[1]

Biography[]

Leopold von Gerlach was born in Berlin, the son of , Mayor of Berlin. He and his brother, Ludwig von Gerlach, formed the "Christian Germanic" circle to propagate the ideas of the Swiss jurist Karl Ludwig von Haller.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Agatha Ramm, Germany, 1789-1919: a political history, pp. 233-234
  2. ^ Otto Pflanze, Bismarck and the development of Germany: the period of unification, 1815-1871, pp. 30-31.
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