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Friedrich August von der Marwitz

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Friedrich August Ludwig von der Marwitz

Friedrich August Ludwig von der Marwitz (29 May 1777, in Berlin – 6 December 1837, in Friedersdorf) was a Prussian nobleman, officer, and opponent of the Prussian reforms of Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom Stein.[1][2]

He married twice, first to Caroline Francisca (* 23. March 1783; † 28. March 1804), with whom he had a daughter. His second wife, Charlotte née Gräfin von Moltke (1780–1848) gave birth to nine children, one of whom died. They had three sons and five daughters. Their oldest daughter Karoline Franziska (* 28. February 1804; † 1888) married in 1824 Albert von Arnstedt (1794–1875), a grandson from Adam Friedrich von Arnstedt.

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  1. ^ Simms, Brendan (27 June 2002). The Impact of Napoleon: Prussian High Politics, Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Executive, 1797-1806. Cambridge University Press. pp. 29, 90. ISBN 978-0-521-89385-5.
  2. ^ Paret, Peter (8 December 2015). Yorck and the Era of Prussian Reform. Princeton University Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-4008-7598-6.