About Charles Alten

Sir Charles August von Alten, better known as Charles, Count Alten, was a Hanoverian army officer and politician who led the Light Division during the last two years of the Peninsular War. At the Battle of Waterloo, he commanded an Anglo-Hanoverian division in the front line, where he was wounded. He later rose to the rank of Field Marshal in the Hanoverian Army.

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Charles Alten

Hanoverian and British soldier (1764-1840)

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politician, military personnel

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Kingdom of Hanover

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October 21, 1764

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April 20, 1840

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