(1803-04-30)30 April 1803 Pleushagen, Province of Pomerania, Holy Roman Empire (now Pleśna, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
Died
23 February 1879(1879-02-23) (aged 75) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Resting place
Reichenbach
Awards
Pour le Mérite
Order of the Black Eagle
Order of the Red Eagle
House Order of Hohenzollern
Order of the Prussian Crown
Johanniter Order
Iron Cross
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Kingdom of Prussia
German Confederation
North German Confederation
German Empire
Branch/service
Prussian Army
Years of service
1821–1873
Rank
Generalfeldmarschall
Battles/wars
Second Schleswig War
Austro-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War
Albrecht Theodor Emil Graf von Roon[1] (German pronunciation:[ˈʔalbʁɛçtfɔnʁoːn]; 30 April 1803 – 23 February 1879) was a Prussian soldier and statesman. As Minister of War from 1859 to 1873, Roon, along with Otto von Bismarck and Helmuth von Moltke, was a dominating figure in Prussia's government during the key decade of the 1860s, when a series of successful wars against Denmark, Austria, and France led to German unification under Prussia's leadership. A moderate conservative and supporter of executive monarchy, he was an avid modernizer who worked to improve the efficiency of the army.
^Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.
Albrecht Theodor Emil Graf vonRoon (German pronunciation: [ˈʔalbʁɛçt fɔn ʁoːn]; 30 April 1803 – 23 February 1879) was a Prussian soldier and statesman...
that of Chancellor in 1873, when AlbrechtvonRoon was appointed to the former office. But by the end of the year, Roon resigned due to ill health, and...
at strengthening the fleet. The ship was named after Field Marshal AlbrechtvonRoon. She was built at the Kaiserliche Werft in Kiel, being laid down in...
Hurry up.") is the "famous and much-quoted telegram" that AlbrechtvonRoon sent to Otto von Bismarck on September 18, 1862, to advise Bismarck to return...
statesman. Throughout the entire German Empire period he was, alongside AlbrechtvonRoon the only Minister President of Prussia not also to be Chancellor of...
Moltke but of the Prince Regent, William, and the Minister of War, AlbrechtvonRoon. Moltke watched the Italian campaign closely and wrote a history of...
theologian Albrecht Ritschl (economist), German Professor of Economic History Albrecht Roser, (1922–2011), German master puppeteer AlbrechtvonRoon, (1803–79)...
(1811–1890), wife and empress consort of Kaiser Wilhelm I GFM Albrecht Theodore Emil, Graf vonRoon (1803–1879) – previous 3rd Class Knight, automatically awarded...
Emperor. Thus, Die Gartenlaube in 1871 named AlbrechtvonRoon, Otto von Bismarck and Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke as "the three Paladins of the German...
17th century, it was the residence of the Prussian Minister of War AlbrechtvonRoon during the 19th century. A manorial estate on this site was mentioned...
having acted on the post since the turn of the year, Kameke succeeded AlbrechtvonRoon as Minister of War. On 22 March 1875, he was appointed General of...
Prussia in 1858. Meanwhile, Helmuth von Moltke had become chief of the Prussian General Staff in 1857, and AlbrechtvonRoon would become Prussian Minister...
356. Siebigk 1883, pp. 364, 365. Anton Balthasar König, Henning Alexander von Kleist,Biographisches Lexikon aller Helden und Militärpersonen: T. G-L, A...
(d. 1879) 1803 – AlbrechtvonRoon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (d. 1879) 1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian...
Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg 1711–1728: Heinrich Rüdiger von Ilgen [de] 1728–1739: Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow 1739–1749: Heinrich von Podewils [de]...
Alexander von Schleinitz (an Old Liberal) and, in the Cabinet, reinforced the more conservative grouping around August von der Heydt and AlbrechtvonRoon. He...
Bonin resigned as Minister of War and was replaced with Roon. The government submitted Roon's army reform bill in February 1860. The Landtag opposed many...
minister AlbrechtvonRoon requested approval for an increment of the military budget, which the deputies refused. Roon urged the king to appoint Otto von Bismarck...
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