Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal (died 1819)

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Graf (count), later elevated to Fürst (prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. He earned his greatest recognition after leading his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.