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Albrecht Theodor Emil, count von Roon
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Born April 30, 1803 • Poland
Died February 23, 1879 (aged 75) • Berlin • Germany
Role In Franco-German War • Seven Weeks’ War

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Roon, engraving by K. Tetzel, 1861
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Goeben, engraving by H. Weger, 1871
August Karl von Goeben
Prussian general
Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
Helmuth von Moltke
German general [1800–1891]
August, Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau
August, Count Neidhardt von Gneisenau
Prussian field marshal
Leonhard, count von Blumenthal
Prussian officer
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
German chancellor and prime minister
Albert
Albert
king of Saxony
Paul Bronsart von Schellendorf
German statesman
Frederick William I
Frederick William I
king of Prussia
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst
Prussian general
Lord Haldane, oil painting by P.A. de László, 1928; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan
Scottish statesman
Edwin, Freiherr von Manteuffel
Prussian general
Edmond Leboeuf
French general
Frederick Charles, 1875
Frederick Charles, prince of Prussia
Prussian prince
Kraft, prince zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
Prussian military officer
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister
William I
William I
emperor of Germany
Leo, Graf von Caprivi
Leo, count von Caprivi
German chancellor
Leopold von Gerlach, detail from a lithograph
Leopold von Gerlach
Prussian general
Friedrich von Esmarch
German surgeon
Friedrich von Bernhardi
German soldier and military writer