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Born April 23, 1828 • Dresden • Saxony • (Birthday in 2 days)
Died June 19, 1902 (aged 74) • Silesia
Title / Office king (1873-1902), Saxony
Role In Battle of Sedan • Battles of Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte • Franco-German War • Seven Weeks’ War

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Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
Helmuth von Moltke
German general [1800–1891]
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
German chancellor and prime minister
Roon, engraving by K. Tetzel, 1861
Albrecht Theodor Emil, count von Roon
Prussian minister of war
Goeben, engraving by H. Weger, 1871
August Karl von Goeben
Prussian general
Bazaine, Achille
Achille Bazaine
French marshal
Leonhard, count von Blumenthal
Prussian officer
William I
William I
emperor of Germany
Christian of Anhalt
Protestant prince
Hans von Arnim, detail from an engraving by Martin Bernigeroth after an oil painting by an unknown artist
Hans Georg von Arnim
German soldier and statesman
Friedrich von Bernhardi
German soldier and military writer
Napoleon III
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph
emperor of Austria-Hungary
Patrice de Mac-Mahon
Patrice de Mac-Mahon
president of France
Charles-Denis-Sauter Bourbaki
French general
Edwin, Freiherr von Manteuffel
Prussian general
Albert, Archduke
Archduke Albert
Austrian field marshal
Edmond Leboeuf
French general
Frederick Charles, 1875
Frederick Charles, prince of Prussia
Prussian prince
Déroulède, Paul
Paul Déroulède
French politician, poet, and dramatist
Benedek, Ludwig von
Ludwig August, Ritter von Benedek
Austrian field marshal

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