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Karl Georg Albrecht Ernst von Hake

Prussian general and minister of war (1768–1835)

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name	Karl Georg Albrecht Ernst von Hake
image	Karl von Hake (cropped).jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Flatow, Kingdom of Prussia
death_date
death_place	Castellammare di Stabia, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
allegiance	Kingdom of Prussia
branch	Prussian Army
serviceyears	1785–1833
rank	General der Infanterie
unit	North German Corps
awards	Pour le Merite with oakleaves
Order of the Black Eagle
Order of the Red Eagle
laterwork	Prussian Minister of War

French Revolutionary Wars
- Battle of Pirmasens
Napoleonic Wars
- Battle of Leipzig
- Battle of Waterloo Order of the Black Eagle Order of the Red Eagle Karl Georg Albrecht Ernst von Hake (8 August 1768 – 19 May 1835) was a Prussian general and Minister of War.

Biography

Hake was born on the estate of Flatow (now part of Kremmen) in the Margraviate of Brandenburg. He entered the Prussian Army in 1785. In 1793, while serving in the French Revolutionary Wars under the command of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, he distinguished himself in the Battle of Pirmasens against France. For his actions he was awarded the order Pour le Mérite.

Hake was appointed to a post in the War Ministry in 1809, and served as Minister of War from 17 June 1810 until August 1813 when he was replaced by Boyen (during which time he attracted much attention by his efficient preparations for war). Subsequently he, by now a Generalmajor, served as Prussian envoy at the headquarters of the Allied Armies. In 1814, serving in his position under Fürst Schwarzenberg, he was awarded the oakleaves to his Pour le Mérite. During the War of the Seventh Coalition he first commanded a brigade in the IV Corps under von Bülow, playing a distinguished part in the Battle of Waterloo, and then led the North German Corps for the remainder of the war.

In 1819 Hake was again appointed Minister of War. In 1825 he was promoted to General of the Infantry. King Frederick William III of Prussia ordered him to conduct experiments into the use of the optical telegraph. Hake, however, was opposed to optical telegraphy and devised several means of preventing the experiments from being implemented. He successfully delayed the experiments until May 1830. Hake finally left the War Ministry in 1833 and died two years later, in 1835, at Castellammare di Stabia near Naples in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

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