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Charles Alten

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Hanoverian and British soldier (1764-1840)

PoliticiansLived 1764 to 1840 · aged 75
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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.

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Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight of the Military Order of William, 3rd class

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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.

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Lived 1764 to 1840 · aged 75
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