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Ernst Heinrich Adolf von Pfuel
(November 3, 1779 - December 3, 1866) Germany

Ernst von Pfuel

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Pfuel was born in Jahnsfelde (now part of Müncheberg), Brandenburg. He served as commander of the Prussian sector of Paris from 1814-1815 during the Napoleonic Wars. Pfuel later served as Governor of Berlin and Governor of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel.

Pfuel led the Prussian Army during the suppression of the Greater Poland Uprising in 1848. Later that year, he served as Prussian Minister of War from 7 September to 2 November, as well as Prime Minister of Prussia.

Pfuel was a close friend of Heinrich von Kleist. He was also an innovator of the breaststroke swimming technique, and the founder of the first military swimming-school in 1810 in Prague.

He died in Berlin.

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