STEIN, (HEINRICH FRIEDRICH) KARL, REICHSFREIHERR VOM ...


Meaning of STEIN, (HEINRICH FRIEDRICH) KARL, REICHSFREIHERR VOM ... in English

(imperial baron of) born Oct. 26, 1757, Nassau an der Lahn, Nassau died June 29, 1831, Schloss Cappenberg, Westphalia Rhinelander-born Prussian statesman, chief minister of Prussia (180708), and personal counselor to the Russian tsar Alexander I (181215). He sponsored widespread reforms in Prussia during the Napoleonic Wars and influenced the formation of the last European coalition against Napoleon.

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