Portrait: Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

25 November 2020 | Author/Destination: | Category: Portrait Reading Time:  6 minutes

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher by Ernst Gebauer, around 1815

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher by Ernst Gebauer, around 1815

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (16 December 1742 – 12 September 1819), Graf (count), later elevated to Fürst (sovereign prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal). He earned his greatest recognition after leading his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.   read more…

Waterloo and Napoleon

5 October 2012 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Battle of Waterloo- 18. June 1815 by Clément-Auguste Andrieux in 1852 © Musée national du Château de Versailles - Frank Schulenburg

Battle of Waterloo- 18. June 1815 by Clément-Auguste Andrieux in 1852 © Musée national du Château de Versailles – Frank Schulenburg

Waterloo is a Walloon municipality located in the province of Walloon Brabant. On 30 September 2011, Waterloo had a total population of 29,706. The total area is 21.03 km² which gives a population density of 1,413 inhabitants per km². Nearly one fifth of the current registered population (5,640 inhabitants) are non-Belgian, many of whom work for institutions or companies in Brussels, a political centre of the European Union.   read more…

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