Ernst Heinrich Adolf von Pfuel | |
|---|---|
 Ernst von Pfuel | |
| 4th Minister President of Prussia | |
| In office 21 September 1848 – 1 November 1848 | |
| Monarch | Frederick William IV |
| Preceded by | Rudolf von Auerswald |
| Succeeded by | Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1779 Jahnsfelde, Prussia (present-day Müncheberg, Germany) |
| Died | 3 December 1866 (aged 87) Berlin, Prussia (present-day Berlin, Germany) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Prussia |
| Branch/service | Prussian Army |
Ernst Heinrich Adolf von Pfuel (3 November 1779 – 3 December 1866) was a Prussian general, as well as Prussian Minister of War and later Prime Minister of Prussia.
Pfuel was born in Jahnsfelde, Prussia (present-day Müncheberg, Germany). He served as commander of Cologne and the Prussian sector of Paris from 1814-15 during the Napoleonic Wars. Pfuel later served as governor of Berlin and governor of the Prussian Canton of Neuchâtel.[citation needed]
Pfuel replaced Karl Wilhelm von Willisen as the Royal Special Commissioner of King Frederick William IV of Prussia during the 1848 revolution.[1] He was a member of the Prussian National Assembly of 1848 and later that year served as Prussian Minister of War from 7 September to 2 November, as well as Prime Minister of Prussia.
Pfuel was a close friend of Heinrich von Kleist. He was also an innovator of the breaststroke swimming technique, and the founder of the world's first military swimming-school, in 1810 in Prague. From 1816 he was a member of the Gesetzlose Gesellschaft zu Berlin. He died in Berlin.[citation needed]
