Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee Biography

Birth of Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee

Chosen by Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder as his principal assistant on the General Staff at Berlin with the rank of Generalquartiermeister

Serves as Chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1888 to 1891

Waldersee lost the confidence of his sovereign, was relieved of his duties and reassigned to command IX Army Corps at Hamburg-Altona, a clear demotion, but nevertheless an assignment of importance

Appointed inspector-general of the 3rd Army at Hanover

Appointed inspector-general of the 3rd Army at Hanover

Since Kaiser Wilhelm IIs minister to China, Baron Clemens von Ketteler, was murdered by the Boxers, the Germans "claimed a certain priority in the crusade against Chinese barbarism"

Serves as Allied Supreme Commander in China in 1900-1901. Proposed by the Tsar of Russia, and seconded by the Japanese, as the first Allied Supreme Commander of modern times

Serves as Allied Supreme Commander in China in 1900-1901

On several occasions Waldersee accompanied Prince Wilhelm, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II, on trips abroad, representing the princes grandfather Kaiser Wilhelm I

Beijing, Tianjin, and other cities in northern China were occupied for more than one year by the international expeditionary force under the command of German General Alfred Graf von Waldersee

The Allies capture Tientsin. Beijing, Tianjin, and other cities in northern China were occupied for more than one year by the international expeditionary force under the command of German General Alfred Graf von Waldersee

The Allies attack the central gates of Peking

For "accomplishments in the interest of world peace," named an honorary citizen of Hamburg, his erstwhile home

Raids on Peking bring the Chinese to the peace table

Death of Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee