# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-alten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:07:11.810Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-alten"
name: "Charles Alten"
slug: "charles-alten"
description: "Sir Charles August von Alten, better known as Charles, Count Alten, was a Hanoverian army officer and politician who led the Light Division during the last two years of the Peninsular War. At the Battle of Waterloo, he commanded an Anglo-Hanoverian division in the front line, where he was wounded. He later rose to the rank of Field Marshal in the Hanoverian Army."
tagline: "Hanoverian and British soldier (1764-1840)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahlten_BomannMuseum%4020150903.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1764-10-21"
deathDate: "1840-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.63
  momentum:             15.19455252918288
  historical:           10.69496266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Alten"
    title: "Carl von Alten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تشارلز التين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Alten"
    title: "Carl von Alten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%2C_Count_Alten"
    title: "Charles, Count Alten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_August_von_Alten"
    title: "Carl August von Alten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "چارلز، کنت آلتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Alten"
    title: "Charles Alten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Alten"
    title: "Charles Alten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EB%A5%BC_%ED%8F%B0_%EC%95%8C%ED%85%90"
    title: "카를 폰 알텐"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Alten"
    title: "Carl von Alten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Alten"
    title: "Carl von Alten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Альтен, Карл фон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70484"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump