Nicolas Luckner
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Nicolas, Count Luckner (German: Johann Nikolaus Graf Luckner; 12 January 1722, Cham – 4 January 1794, Paris) was a German officer in French service who rose to become a Marshal of France.
Luckner grew up in Kötzting, in eastern Bavaria and received his early education from the Jesuits in Passau. Before entering the French service, Luckner spent time in the Bavarian, Dutch and Hanoverian armies. He fought as a commander of hussars during the Seven Years' War (1756–1763) in the Hanoverian Army against the French. Luckner joined the French army in 1763 with the rank of lieutenant general. In 1784 he became a Danish count.
He supported the
As commander of the
He was arrested by the Revolutionary Tribunal and sentenced to death. He died by the guillotine in Paris in 1794.
The carillon of the town hall in the Bavarian town of Cham rings the Marseillaise every day at 12.05 p.m. to commemorate the city's most famous son, Nikolaus Graf Luckner.
He was the great-grandfather of Count
Luckner owned Krummbek Manor in Holstein.
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