HARDENBERG PRINCE VON

HARDENBERG PRINCE VON
   a Prussian statesman, born in Hanover; after service in Hanover and Brunswick entered that of Prussia under William II., and became Chancellor of State under William III.; distinguished himself by the reforms he introduced in military and civic matters to the benefit of the country, though he was restrained a good deal by the reactionary proclivities of the king (1750-1822).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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