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Prussian officer (b. 1772, d. 1807)
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MajorKarl Wilhelm Ernst von Waldenfels (10 April 1772, Baireuth – 15 June 1807, Kolberg) was a Royal Prussian Army officer who served as Vice Commander of Kolberg during the French siege of that place in June 1772 and fell in its defence.
References
Poten 1896, pp. 691–2.
Sources
Poten, Bernhard von (1896). "Waldenfels, Karl Wilhelm Ernst von". In Liliencron, Rochus von (ed.). Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Vol. 40. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 691–2.
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