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Hardenburg

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/ ˈhɑːdənˌbɜːɡ /

noun

  1. Fürst Karl ( August ) von. 1750–1822, Prussian statesman: foreign minister (1804–06): prime minister (1807; 1810–22). His reforms enabled Prussia to break away from Napoleonic control in 1813

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There were the King’s brothers, the ambitious Hardenburg, the King’s cousin, Ferdinand, the gifted Rahel Levin—and many others.

From Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck by Greusel, John Hubert

And I don't believe a word that Hardenburg says, or Haugwitz either.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

There was Baron von Kielmansegg, who was Master of the Horse; Count von Platen, son of the late Prime Minister of Hanover; and Baron von Hardenburg, Marshal of the Court.

From Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) by Melville, Lewis

His successor, Hardenburg, extended the rights of citizenship, and laid the foundations of government by legislative assemblies.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson

But all the reply he heard was: "Ephraim Hardenburg has been elected chairman of the executive committee of the Great Coal Tar Company, to succeed James H.——"

From Marjorie at Seacote by Wells, Carolyn

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