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Alfred von Waldersee

1832 - 1904

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Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee (8 April 1832 – 5 March 1904) was a German field marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) who became Chief of the Imperial German General Staff. Born into a prominent military family, von Waldersee saw distinguished service as an artillery officer, and became Prussian military attaché at the Paris embassy in 1870. This gave him insight into the French defences that would prove crucial in the upcoming Franco-Prussian War, in which he played a significant role. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred von Waldersee has received more than 254,481 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Alfred von Waldersee is the 481st most popular military personnel (down from 422nd in 2019), the 1,191st most popular biography from Germany (down from 982nd in 2019) and the 95th most popular German Military Personnel.

Alfred von Waldersee is most famous for being a Prussian Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff during the late 1800s.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alfred von Waldersee ranks 481 out of 2,058. Before him are Karl von Bülow, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Tamon Yamaguchi, Peter Townsend, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, and Erich Fellgiebel. After him are Yu Jin, Adolf Strauss, Aegidius, Jean-Charles Pichegru, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, and Ion Mihai Pacepa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Alfred von Waldersee ranks 23. Before him are George, King of Saxony, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Andrew Dickson White, Osman Nuri Pasha, Michel Bréal, and Felice Beato. After him are Wilhelm Busch, Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, Émile Gaboriau, Henry Steel Olcott, Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, and Hudson Taylor. Among people deceased in 1904, Alfred von Waldersee ranks 26. Before him are Étienne-Jules Marey, Mathilde Bonaparte, Émile Gallé, Norodom of Cambodia, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, and Sami Frashëri. After him are Eduard Hanslick, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Nikolay Bobrikov, Vladimir Markovnikov, Isabella Bird, and Kartini.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alfred von Waldersee ranks 1,191 out of 7,253. Before him are Marianne Bachmeier (1950), Vasily Radlov (1837), Georg Böhm (1661), Oskar Lafontaine (1943), Amalia of Oldenburg (1818), and Erich Heckel (1883). After him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (1227), Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907), Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1781), Hermann Graf (1912), Franz Seldte (1882), and Oskar Morgenstern (1902).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Alfred von Waldersee ranks 95. Before him are Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), Viktor Lutze (1890), Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594), Max Hoffmann (1869), Johannes Frießner (1892), and Karl von Bülow (1846). After him are Adolf Strauss (1879), Günther Korten (1898), Josef Harpe (1887), Theodor Busse (1897), Ernst Lindemann (1894), and Walter Rauff (1906).

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