Samuel von Schmettau

Samuel Graf von Schmettau (24 March 1684 – 18 August 1751) was a Prussian field marshal, artilleryman, and cartographer.

His mother, Marie de la Fontaine, belonged to a Huguenot family.

His father died in 1707, as Royal Prussian secretary to the ambassador in London.

In 1703, he joined the Margrave of Anspach Dragoons, as a lieutenant, where another uncle, Gottlieb Schmettau, was chief.

His achievements as an artilleryman and fortress builder impressed the Emperor and Prince Eugene of Savoy.

He continued his education as a cartographer and created the first good map of Berlin in 1748, and in 1751 of East Friesland.