Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf

Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf
Friedrich von Kleist, woodcut by Hermann Scherenberg, 1863
Born	(1762-04-09)9 April 1762 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
Died	17 February 1823(1823-02-17) (aged 60) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Allegiance	Kingdom of Prussia
Service/branch	Royal Prussian Army
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall ("Field marshal")
Commands held	North German Corps
Wars	War of the Bavarian Succession French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars (Jena, Bautzen, Kulm, Dresden, Leipzig, Erfurt, Laon, Paris)
Awards	Knight of the Black Eagle Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class Grand Cross of the Iron Cross Pour le Mérite Knight of the Legion of Honour Order of St. Vladimir , 2nd Class Honorary Knight of St. John

Friedrich Emil Ferdinand Heinrich von Kleist, granted the title Graf Kleist von Nollendorf from 1814 onwards (9 April 1762 – 17 February 1823), was a

Kleist entered the Prussian Army in 1778 and served in the War of the Bavarian Succession and the French Revolutionary Wars. By 1799, Kleist had been promoted to major and was put in command of a battalion of grenadiers.

Kleist served in the Napoleonic Wars and fought at Jena. In 1807 he went on extended leave but by 1808 he was put in command of an infantry brigade and the next year he was made commandant of Berlin. During the War of Liberation he was given a corps with which he fought in the battles of Kulm and Leipzig. In 1814, he was given the title Count of Nollendorf (from the German name of the town Nakléřov, now part of Petrovice in the Czech Republic) for his decisive role in this battle.

After Leipzig, Kleist blockaded the fortress of

Two years before his death he was promoted to the rank of Generalfeldmarschall ("field marshal").

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References

• Meerheimb, F. von (1882), "Kleist von Nollendorf, Friedrich", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 16, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 124–127
• Günter Richter (1980), "Kleist von Nollendorf, Friedrich Heinrich Graf", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 12, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 27–28; (full text online)

Further reading

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• Kleist, Georg von (2013). "Das Leben des Generalfeldmarschalls Grafen Kleist von Nollendorf". In Kleist, Sigurd von (new editor) (ed.). Geschichte des Geschlechts v. Kleist Dritter Teil – Biographien bis 1880 Fünfte Abteilung (PDF) (in German) (1887 First ed.). Bergisch Gladbach. {{cite book}}: |editor-first= has generic name (help) (PDF; 2,1 MB)]
• Pflugk-Harttung, Julius von (1911). Das preußische Heer und die Norddeutschen Bundestruppen unter General v. Kleist 1815. Gotha.
• Priesdorff, Kurt von. Soldatisches Führertum (in German). Vol. 3. Hamburg: Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt. pp. 311–320.
• Denkmal in Merseburg