Charles Alten
Military Person
1764 – 1840
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Who was Charles Alten?
Sir Charles Alten GCB GCH, Hanoverian and British soldier, son of Baron Alten, a member of an old Hanoverian family, entered the service of the elector as a page at the age of twelve. He 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.
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- Born
- Oct 20, 1764
Burgwedel - Also known as
- Karl August Alten
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Died
- Apr 20, 1840
Bolzano
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on July 23, 2013
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