Anton Albert Heinrich ''Ludwig'' (or Louis) von Wildenbruch (1803–1874) was a
Prussian general and diplomat. He served as
consul general in
Beirut
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in the mid-19th century. He was also the Prussian
ambassador
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to
Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
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from 1852 to 1859. An amateur scientist, his reports were published in various learned journals of the time.
Wildenbruch was an illegitimate son of
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia by Henriette Fromme. In 1837 he married Ernestine von Langen (1805–1858), by whom he had four children who lived to adulthood. Two years after his first wife's death he wed Flora Nicolovius (1811–1879). A son of Wildenbruch's first marriage was the poet and dramatist
Ernst von Wildenbruch
Ernst von Wildenbruch (3 February 184515 January 1909) was a German poet and dramatist.
Biography
Wildenbruch was born at Beirut in Lebanon, the son of the Prussian consul-general, Ludwig von Wildenbruch, who was himself an illegitimate son of ...
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1803 births
1874 deaths
Prussian diplomats
19th-century diplomats
House of Hohenzollern
Lieutenant generals of Prussia
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