August Friedrich von Itzenplitz (April 1693–25 September 1759 in

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) was a Prussian lieutenant General during the wars of

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. He died of injuries received at the

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. He was the hereditary heir of Hönnepel, Ober- und Nieder-Mörmter in the

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, and of the property Jerchel in the Altmark. He received the

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and was memorialized on the Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great.Ernst Friedländer
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