Charles, Count Alten, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles, Count Alten

Hanoverian and British soldier

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1764

Place of Birth: Burgwedel, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Apr-1840

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Field Marshal Sir Charles (Carl) August von Alten (21 October 1764 – 20 April 1840) was a Hanoverian and British soldier who led the famous Light Division during the last two years of the Peninsular War.
At the Battle of Waterloo, he commanded a division in the front line, where he was wounded.
He later rose to the rank of Field Marshal in the Hanoverian army. Alten was the son of August Eberhard von Alten (1722–1789), a member of an old Hanoverian family, and Baroness Henriette Philippine Marie Hedwig von Vincke-Ostenwalde.Alten's older brother, Victor Alten (1755–1820) commanded a cavalry brigade in Wellington's army.
Unlike his brother Charles, Victor is described as "unsatisfactory".

Julius Giere (1807–1880)
Description	German lithographer, painter, photographer and publisher
Date of birth/death	1807	1880
Work location	Hanover
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