How to Pronounce Joachim Bernhard von Prittwitz
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Feb 03, 1726 Wołów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Died on 04 Jun 1793 (aged 67)
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About Joachim Bernhard Von Prittwitz
- Joachim Bernhardt von Prittwitz and Gaffron (1726–1793) was a Prussian officer credited with saving the life of Frederick the Great at the Battle of Kunersdorf.
- At the time, he was a cavalry captain in Hans Joachim von Zieten's Hussar regiment.
- He became the head of gendarmes regiment, and inspector general of the cavalry of Brandenburg March and Magdeburg in 1775.
- He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1785 and general of cavalry in 1788.
- Frederick awarded him the Order Pour le Mérite and the Order of the Black Eagle.
- In 1851, Prittwitz was included on the panels of the Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great as one of the key figures in the establishment of the Prussia state.
