Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein

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Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein was one of Beethoven's early patrons in Bonn. Beethoven dedicated Sonata No.21 in C Major, Op.53 to him.

He was obsessed with the idea of defeating Napoleon's army, and squandered all his money raising an army with which to do so.

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