Friedrich Graf von Waldersee

Who was Friedrich Graf von Waldersee?

Friedrich Gustav Graf von Waldersee was a Prussian Lieutenant General and military author.

Friedrich Graf von Waldersee was a son of Franz Graf Waldersee, a son of Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau. His brother was Franz Heinrich Graf von Waldersee, his nephew Alfred von Waldersee. On 2 July 1823 he married Ottilie von Wedel in Silligsdorf. The marriage produced the following children:

Gustav von Waldersee

Rudolf von Waldersee

Helene von Waldersee

Bertha von Waldersee

Von Waldersee was a Prussian officer and professional soldier, and later commander of the "Gardekorps Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1" in Berlin and Prussian Minister of War from 1854 to 1858. As commander of the Prussian troops in Dresden he succeeded in suppressing the 1849 May Uprising in Dresden.

His written works dealt with infantry training, and some of them were printed in over a hundred editions.