[Born at Berlin, 1763. Died there, 1823. Aged 60.]
A distinguished Prussian officer. Commanded a brigade in the Prussian
contingent to Napoleon’s disastrous expedition to Russia, and bore an
honourable part in the wars subsequently undertaken against Napoleon.
Accompanied Frederic William of Prussia on his visit to England. He died
on the same day as Buonaparte. All the sovereigns of the coalition had
conferred honours upon him, and Napoleon himself decorated him with the
cross of the Legion of Honour.
[By Rauch. Bronze. 1819. In the Pleasure Garden near the Palace at
Potsdam.]