Karl von der Gröben [SEP] date of death
Karl von der Gröben
Karl von der Gröben (17 September 1788 – 13 July 1876) was a Prussian general.
Biography.
Von der Gröben was born in Schrengen, East Prussia (today Linkowo, Poland) and joined the Prussian Army in 1806. He served under Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq in the Napoleonic war of 1806/07. In 1812 Gröben left the Prussian Army after Prussia had to deploy subsidiary troops in Napoleon's Russian campaign and joined the Imperial Russian Army instead. He took part in the Battles of Lützen
Gröben (surname)
People with the German surname von der Groeben include:
- Alexander von der Groeben (born 1955), former athlete and journalist
- Friedrich von der Groeben (1645 – 1712), Officer
- Hans von der Groeben (1907 – 2005 ), diplomat
- Karl von der Gröben (1788 - 1876), general
- Otto Friedrich von der Groeben (1657 – 1728), general
- Ulrike von der Groeben (born 1957), journalist