Ewald Christian von Kleist

Ewald Christian von Kleist

Ewald Christian von Kleist (7 March 1715 – 24 August 1759)[1] was a German poet and cavalry officer. His vast family was well-established in Farther Pomerania; 58 male members of his family fought in Frederick the Great's army of the Seven Years' War. Kleist was born at Zeblin, near Köslin (Koszalin) in Farther Pomerania, to the von Kleist family of cavalry leaders.

Ewald Christian von Kleist
The death of Kleist, wood cut after an original by Emil Hünten
Kleist's epitaph for Heinrich von Blumenthal is repeated for Kleist himself in this memorial etching
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