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Karl August von Hardenberg, Prussian statesman and administrator, who preserved the integrity of the Prussian state during the Napoleonic Wars. Domestically, he was able to continue the reforms introduced by Karl, Reichsfreiherr (imperial baron) vom und zum Stein. In foreign affairs, he exchanged.

Karl August, prince von Hardenberg, (born May 31, 1750, Essenrode, near Gifhorn, Brunswick—died Nov. 26, 1822, Genoa, Italy), Prussian statesman who preserved the integrity of the Prussian state during the Napoleonic Wars.

As chancellor of Prussia from 1810 to 1822, Karl August von Hardenberg was one of the two leading figures, along with Karl Freiherr vom Stein, in the Reform Movement (1807–1815), which produced profound legal and socioeconomic changes in Prussia. Hardenberg's principal legislative accomplishments included two economic decrees of 1810, which ...

Prince Karl August von Hardenberg (1750-1822) served as chief minister of Prussia. He presided over the recovery of Prussia after the collapse of 1806 and guided the state's diplomacy. Karl August von Hardenberg was born in Essenrode on May 31, 1750, and, as a young man, served in the bureaucracies of a number of small German states, including ...

Karl August Hardenberg, Fürst von (kärl ou´gŏŏst fürst fən här´dənbĕrk), 1750–1822, Prussian administrator and diplomat, b. Hanover. After service for Hanover and Brunswick, he entered the Prussian service. As Prussian delegate he signed the Treaty of Basel (1795) with France (see French Revolutionary Wars).

Quick Reference. (1750–1822) Prussian statesman and reformer. In 1810 he was appointed Chancellor of Prussia and continued the domestic reforms inaugurated by Stein. These included the improvement of Prussia's military system, the abolition of serfdom and of the privileges of the nobles, the encouragement of municipalities, the reform of ...

Introduction Karl August von Hardenberg; Family; Early life; Administrator of Ansbach and Bayreuth; Prussian envoy; Prussian cabinet; Prussian foreign minister; Prussian chancellor Reforms Metternich's shadow; Notes; References; External links

HARDENBERG, KARL AUGUST VON ° (1750–1822), Prussian chancellor from 1810, instrumental in enacting the edict concerning the civil status of the Jews (March 3, 1812). While administrating the principality of *Bayreuth -Ansbach for the Prussian king (1790/92–97), he had already dealt with the problem of Jewish rights and was in social ...