Andreas Daniel Berthold von Schepeler

Andreas Daniel Berthold von Schepeler (1779 or 1780 –1849) was a Prussian Cavalry officer who later entered the service of Spain during the Peninsular War.

Together with Juan Nicolás Böhl de Faber, Schepeler was considered the 19th century's most important German Hispanist.

Early career After enlisting in the Austrian Army at the age of 18, Schepeler later joined the Prussian Army, seeing action, and defeat, at Jena–Auerstedt (1806). at Alicante towards the end of January, and in Andalusia, under Count Villemur, later that year, and where he led a column that chased General Jean-Baptiste Drouet out of Cordoba.

Post-war career Following the war, Schepeler was appointed Prussia's charge d'affaires in Madrid and, whilst gathering material for his writings, advised Count of Toreno on his major work, History of the Rising, War and Revolution of Spain. After marrying and raising a daughter, the family left Spain in 1823 and Schepeler then proceeded to write and publish his works.

Works Geschichte der Revolution Spaniens und Portugal und besonders des daraus enistandenen Krieges. Vols. I and II. Berlín, 1826 and 1827. Geschichte der Spanischen Monarchie von 1810-1813. Vols. I and II. Leipzig, 1829 y 1830 Geschichte der Revolutionen des Spanischen Amerikas von 1808 bis 1823. Vols. I and II. Leipzig, 1833 and 1834