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[[File:Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck LM FWzeK.jpg|thumb|Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck.]]
Lieutenant-General '''Count Wilhelm Ludwig Viktor Henckel von Donnersmarck''' (30 October 1775 in [[Potsdam]] –  24 June 1849 in [[Dessau]]) was a Prussian officer who fought in the [[Napoleonic Wars]].{{efn|{{German title Graf}}}}
==Biography==
Donnersmarck was born in 1775 in Königsberg. He served in the cavalry of the Prussian army from 1789 at first with line regiments and later with the Guards. He participated in all the major Prussian campaigns from 1806 to 1815 including the French [[Russian Campaign]] in 1812. He fought at the battles of [[Battle of Lützen (1813)|Lützen]], [[Battle of Leipzig|Leipzig]], [[Battle of Ligny|Ligny]] and [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]]. In 1813 he was promoted to major-general, and, as he retired from the army, to lieutenant-general in 1821. He died in 1849 in [[Dessau]].{{sfn|AME staff|1869|p=375}}
==See also==
*[[Henckel von Donnersmarck]]
==Notes==
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==References==
*{{source-attribution|{{citation|author=AME staff |year=1869 |title=Allgemeine Militair-Encyclopädie: Chasseur—Heß |volume=2 |edition=2 |publisher=Webel |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ylQJAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA375 375] |language=de}} }}
==Further reading==
* {{Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie|11|732|734|Henckel von Donnersmarck, Victor Amadeus Graf|Ferdinand Freiherr von Meerheimb|ADB:Henckel von Donnersmarck, Victor Amadeus Graf}} – second entry on the page.
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