Ludwig von Wildenbruch
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Anton Albert Heinrich Ludwig (or Louis) von Wildenbruch (1803 – 1874) was the Prussian
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...

 consul general in Beirut
Beirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...

 in the mid-19th century. He was also the Prussian ambassador
Ambassador
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 to Constantinople
Constantinople
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 from (1852-59). An amateur scientist, his reports were published in various learned journals of the time.

Wildenbruch was an illegitimate son of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia. Wildenbruch's son was the poet and dramatist Ernst von Wildenbruch
Ernst von Wildenbruch
Ernst von Wildenbruch was a German poet and dramatist.-Biography:Wildenbruch was born at Beirut in Lebanon, the son of the Prussian consul-general, Ludwig von Wildenbruch...

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