Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt

Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1 July 1782 in Kampen – 25 January 1825 in Utrecht) was a Dutch count and baron who served as a general in the French and Dutch armies during the Napoleonic era and later.

He was present at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 as chief of staff of the 2nd Dutch Division.

[1] During the Napoleonic era, he served in the Dutch brigade on the French side in the Peninsular War from 1808 to 1810; at the Battle of Ocaña (1809), he was a captain.

In recognition of his service at Waterloo, he received the Military William Order and was promoted to the rank of general.

[2] He left Luxembourg in 1824 for Utrecht, where he lived in a house on Plompetorengracht canal.