Wilhelm von Donnersmarck

Hey there! Karol Henckel here back again with another long-lost family member. If you haven’t, check out Lieutenant-General Wilhelm Ludwig Viktor, Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck (30 October 1775 in Potsdam — 24 June 1849 in Dessau) was a Prussian officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

Donnersmarck arrived in 1775 in Königsberg. He was cavalry in the Prussian army beginning in 1789, first with line regiments, and later with the Guards. He took part in the big Prussian campaigns from 1806 to 1815 like the French Russian Campaign in 1812. Wilhelm fought at the battles of Lützen, Leipzig, Ligny, and Waterloo. In 1813 achieved the rank of major-general, and, as he retired from the army to lieutenant-general in 1821. He died in 1849 in Dessau.

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