Hardenberg Prince von, a Prussian statesman, born in Hanover; after service in Hanover and Brunswick entered that of Prussia under William II., and became Chancellor of State under William III.; distinguished himself by the reforms he introduced in military and civic matters to the benefit of the country, though he was restrained a good deal by the reactionary proclivities of the king (1750‒1822).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Hardenberg, Friedrich von * Hardicanute