Baron Münchhausen
Military Officer, Noble person
1720 – 1797
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Who was Baron Münchhausen?
Hieronymus Carl Friedrich Baron von Münchhausen was a German nobleman and a famous recounter of tall tales. He joined the Russian military and took part in two campaigns against the Ottoman Turks. Upon returning home, Münchhausen is said to have told a number of outrageously farfetched stories about his adventures.
Münchhausen's reputation as a storyteller has been exaggerated by writers, giving birth to a fully fictionalized literary character usually called simply Baron Munchausen.
Münchausen syndrome and the Münchhausen trilemma are named after him.
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- Born
- May 11, 1720
Bodenwerder - Also known as
- Baron Munchhausen
- Hieronymus Carl Friedrich von Münchhausen
- Parents
- Spouses
- Jacobine von Dunten
(1744/02/02 - 1790) - Bernardine von Brunn
(1794 - )
- Jacobine von Dunten
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Lived in
- Hanover
- Died
- Feb 22, 1797
Bodenwerder
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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