Charles de Schwartzenberg

Charles de Schwartzenberg-Schwartzburg
Portrait of Schwartzenberg taken between 1868–1876 (aged 58–67) in Brussels.
Personal details
Born1809
Halle, Kingdom of Westphalia, First French Empire
(modern-day Germany)
DiedDecember 1878 (aged 68 or 69)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
SpouseAugustine de Norman d’Audenhove
Residences
OccupationAristocrat, soldier, statesman, memoirist
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service
Years of serviceIrregularly, between 1821–1878
Battles/wars

Charles de Schwartzenberg-Schwarzburg (1809 – December 1878), also known as General Baron de Schwartzenberg, Emir Bey, and later Emin Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: امين پاشا; Modern Turkish: Emin Paşa), was a French-born Belgian aristocrat, soldier, and statesman of German descent. Schwartzenberg was in the service of multiple armies of his age. He was most notably employed in the Ottoman army, which he was a part of for nearly 20 years (albeit irregularly), attaining the rank of Pasha by 1859. Schwartzenberg documented his experiences up to 1863 in his memoir, simply entitled Mémoires.