Friedrich Ancillon
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Johann Peter Friedrich Ancillon was a Prussian historian and statesman. He provided Frederick William III of Prussia with strong ideological support against political reforms that might restrain monar
Jean Pierre Frédéric Ancillon, Jentzen
Karl August von Hardenberg
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Karl August Fürst von Hardenberg was a Prussian statesman and Chief Minister of Prussia. While during his late career he acquiesced to reactionary policies, earlier in his career he implemented a vari
Friedrich Ancillon
…and dreamy nature he was to exercise a powerful but far from wholesome influence. In October 1814, when his pupil came of age, Ancillon was included by Karl August von Hardenberg in the ministry, as privy councillor of legation in the department of foreign affairs, with a view to utilizing his supposed gifts as a philosophical…
Portrait of Karl von Hardenberg by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1818
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