Major General Heinrich Christoph Karl Herrmann, Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum (8 January 1773 in Cleves – night of 7/8 February 1830, in Berlin) was a Prussian officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars including the Waterloo Campaign in 1815.[1][a]
Major General Heinrich Christoph Karl Herrmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 8, 1773 Cleves, Prussia |
| Died | February 7, 1830 (aged 56–57) Berlin, Prussia |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Prussia |
| Battles / wars | Napoleonic Wars |
Notes
edit- ^ Regarding personal names: Reichsgraf is a title, usually translated as 'Imperial Count', not a first or middle name. The female form is Reichsgräfin. Titles using the prefix Reichs- were not created after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.
References
edit- Ernst Friedlaender (1884), "Lottum Graf von Wylich, Heinrich Christoph Karl Hermann", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 19, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 284
Further reading
edit- Neues Rheinisches conversations-lexicon: oder Encyclopädisches handwörterbuch für gebildete stände. Vol. 12 (3 ed.). Comptoir für kunst und literatur. 1836. pp. 715 (¶ 2)–716.
- Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Band 4, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, ohne Jahr, p. 230–231.
- Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch: Neues preussisches Adels-Lexicon. Band 3, p. 308.
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