Background
Friedrich Graf von Waldersee was a son of Franz Graf Waldersee, a son of Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau.
Friedrich Graf von Waldersee was a son of Franz Graf Waldersee, a son of Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau.
The marriage produced the following children:
Gustav von Waldersee (1826–1861)
Rudolf von Waldersee (1827–1870)
Helene von Waldersee (1830–1869)
Bertha von Waldersee (1833–1884)
Von Waldersee was a Prussian officer and professional soldier, and later commander of the "Gardekorps Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Near 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.
