Depravity, Dissipation and Divorce: Scandals Assail Three Countesses Von Blücher

This is the story of three women, each of whom claimed the title of Countess von Blücher. You will need a scorecard to keep track of the three women, so just remember this simple mnemonic:Countess von Blücher #1 had a legitimate claim to the title.Countess von Blücher #2 apparently had no claim to anything, but that wasn’t her fault.Countess von Blücher #3 was a poseur, a procurer and a pestilence in Cincinnati.Our story begins with a real and authentic German general, one Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (1749-1819). Fürst means “Prince,” the title our general earned from King Frederick William III of Prussia after helping the Duke of Wellington defeat Napoleon at Waterloo. Prince von Wahlstatt passed his royal title along to his grandson, while his other male descendants retained the title of “Graf,” or count.Which brings us to the real countess, Countess von Blücher #1. One of the great general’s great-grandsons was Ferdinand Franz Gebhardt Leberecht Graf Blücher…

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