Paul von Werner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1707
Place of Birth: Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary
Date of Death: 25-Jan-1785
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Paul von Werner
- Johann Paul von Werner (11 December 1707 in Raab – 25 January 1785 at Gut Bilschin in the district of Toszek) was chief of the Prussian Hussar Regiment No.
- 6 (Brown Hussars); he also received the Prussian Order Pour le Mérite.
- Initially in Austrian service, he fought against Spain, France, the Ottoman Empire and against Prussia.
- One of Frederick the Great's trusted diplomats, Hans Karl von Winterfeldt, recruited him into Prussian service in 1750; subsequently, he fought for Prussia against the Austrians in the Seven Years' War and the War of Bavarian Succession.
- He was wounded once, and taken prisoner several times.
- The Prussian playwright Gotthold Lessing modeled the character of the sergeant in his Minna von Barnhelm on Werner.
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