Field Marshal Sir Charles (Carl) August von Alten GCB, GCH (21 October 1764 – 20 April 1840) was a Hanoverian and British soldier who led the famous Light Division during the last two years of the Peninsular War. At the Battle of Waterloo, he commanded a division in the front line, where he was wounded. He later rose to the rank of Field Marshal in the Hanoverian army.
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1764 Burgwedel, Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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1840 (aged 75) Bozen, County of Tyrol (now Bolzano in Italy)
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