Baron Munchhausen Biography

Baron Munchausen (/ˈmʌntʃaʊzən/[a], German pronunciation: [ˈmynçˌhaʊzn]) is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia. The character is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen (German: [ˈmʏnç(h)aʊzn̩]; 1720–1797).