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Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛphaʁt ˈleːbəʁɛçt fɔn ˈblʏçɐ]; 21 December 1742 – 12 September 1819), Graf (count), later elevated to Fürst (prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal).
The von Blücher brothers (German: Gebrüder von Blücher) were three German brothers and paratroopers of the Luftwaffe who were killed in combat within hours of each other on 21 May 1941 during the Battle of Crete. They were the descendants of the famous Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, one of the victors in the Battle of Waterloo ...
Evelyn Fürstin Blücher von Wahlstatt, Tagebuch mit einem Vorwort v. Gebhart Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt (München: Verlag für Kulturpolitik 1924) With Major Desmond Chapman-Huston, she edited her husband's Memoirs of Prince Blücher, describing his life and family, with an account of his great ancestor, Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.
Princess Marie Léopoldine Aloisia von Lobkowicz (1841–1870), who married Gebhard Lebrecht, 3rd Prince Blücher of Wahlstatt, a great-grandson of the noted General, Prince Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. [13] After her death in 1870, he married Elisabeth von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky. After her death in 1894, he married Princess Wanda Ada ...
His granddaughter, Evelyn Stapleton-Bretherton 1876–1960, daughter of Frederick Stapleton-Bretherton, married Prince Gebhard Blücher von Wahlstatt (1865–1931), becoming Princess Evelyn Blücher. Her memoirs, Princess Blucher, English Wife in Berlin (Constable, 1920) were translated into French and German and reprinted many times, becoming ...
The Prusso-Russian army was in a full retreat following their defeat at the Battle of Lützen.Finally, generals Wittgenstein and Blücher were ordered to stop at Bautzen by Tsar Alexander I and King Frederick William III.
Gebhard von Blücher At first, Napoleon grossly underestimated Allied numbers, crediting Schwarzenberg with 50,000 troops and Blücher with 30,000. [ 8 ] By the end of January, he formed a more realistic estimate and resolved to prevent the armies of Blücher and Schwarzenberg from joining. [ 9 ]
Blücher or Bluecher is a German surname. The Russified form is Blyukher. Notable people with the surname include: Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819), a Napoleonic era Prussian general; Evelyn, Princess Blücher (1876–1960), diarist and memoirist, wife of Gebhard von Blücher (1865–1931) Franz Blücher (1896–1959), German politician