Ernst von Pfuel

Ernst Heinrich Adolf von Pfuel
Ernst von Pfuel
4th Minister President of Prussia
In office
21 September 1848 – 1 November 1848
MonarchFrederick William IV
Preceded byRudolf von Auerswald
Succeeded byFriedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg
Personal details
Born(1779-11-03)3 November 1779
Jahnsfelde, Prussia (present-day Müncheberg, Germany)
Died3 December 1866(1866-12-03) (aged 87)
Berlin, Prussia (present-day Berlin, Germany)
Military service
AllegianceKingdom of Prussia Prussia
Branch/servicePrussian Army

Ernst Heinrich Adolf von Pfuel (3 November 1779 – 3 December 1866) was a Prussian general, as well as Prussian Minister of War and later Prime Minister of Prussia.

Pfuel was born in Jahnsfelde, Prussia (present-day Müncheberg, Germany). He served as commander of Cologne and the Prussian sector of Paris from 1814-15 during the Napoleonic Wars. Pfuel later served as governor of Berlin and governor of the Prussian Canton of Neuchâtel.[citation needed]

Pfuel replaced Karl Wilhelm von Willisen as the Royal Special Commissioner of King Frederick William IV of Prussia during the 1848 revolution.[1] He was a member of the Prussian National Assembly of 1848 and later that year served as Prussian Minister of War from 7 September to 2 November, as well as Prime Minister of Prussia.

Pfuel was a close friend of Heinrich von Kleist. He was also an innovator of the breaststroke swimming technique, and the founder of the world's first military swimming-school, in 1810 in Prague. From 1816 he was a member of the Gesetzlose Gesellschaft zu Berlin. He died in Berlin.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ Alvis, Robert E. (2005). Religion and the Rise of Nationalism - A Profile of an East European City. Syracuse University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-8156-3081-4.