Lieutenant General Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz Franciscus (26 October 1768 in Silesia – 11 March 1837 in Potsdam) was a Prussian officer and

cartographer Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an ...

who fought in the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fre ...

. Steinmetz commanded a brigade in the

Waterloo campaign The Waterloo campaign (15 June – 8 July 1815) was fought between the French Army of the North and two Seventh Coalition armies, an Anglo-allied army and a Prussian army. Initially the French army was commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte, but he ...

. He was the uncle, and through his daughter Julie, father-in-law of the Field Marshal

Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (27 December 1796 – 2 August 1877) was a Prussian ''Generalfeldmarschall''. He was born at Eisenach and joined the army of Prussia during the War of Liberation. Over the Seven Weeks' War he led the V Corps aga ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Steinmetz, Karl Friedrich Franciscus Prussian Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars 1768 births 1837 deaths 19th-century cartographers Lieutenant generals of Prussia Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)