How to Pronounce Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
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Jul 03, 1676 Dessau, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Died on 07 Apr 1747 (aged 70)
German nobleman; ruler of Anhalt-Dessau and Prussian army officer
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About Leopold I Prince Of Anhalt Dessau
- Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (3 July 1676 – 7 April 1747) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau from 1693 to 1747.
- He was also a Generalfeldmarschall in the Prussian army.
- Nicknamed "the Old Dessauer" (German: der alte Dessauer), he possessed good abilities as a field commander, but was mainly remembered as a talented drillmaster who modernized the Prussian infantry. Appointed by Frederick I to the rank of field marshal in 1712, Leopold distinguished himself for his success during the War of the Spanish Succession.
- He was later appointed the commander of the Prussian-Saxon army during the Great Northern War against Sweden.
- Leopold was a personal friend of Frederick William I.
- The last great achievement of his military career was commanding the Prussian troops to victory over the Saxons at the Battle of Kesselsdorf in 1745 during the Second Silesian War.
