Walther Bronsart von Schellendorff
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Walther Bronsart von Schellendorf
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| Born |
21 December 1833 Danzig, Prussia |
| Died | 13 December 1914 (aged 80) Gut Marienhof, Mecklenburg, Imperial Germany |
| Allegiance |
 Prussia Imperial Germany
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| Service/branch | Prussian Army |
| Years of service | 1852- |
| Rank | General of the Infantry à la suite |
| Commands held | 89th Infantry Brigade 34th Infantry Brigade 17th Division III Army Corps X Army Corps |
| Battles/wars |
Second Schleswig War Franco-Prussian War |
| Awards |
Iron Cross Order of the Black Eagle |
| Other work | Prussian Minister of War (1893-1896) |
Walther Franz Georg Bronsart von Schellendorff (21 December 1833, in Danzig – 13 December 1914, at Gut Marienhof, Amt Güstrow, Mecklenburg), Dr. jur. h.c., was a Prussian General of the Infantry à la suite, Adjutant-General to the Kaiser and King, and Prussian Minister of War.
He was born into an old Prussian noble family and was the son of the Prussian Lieutenant General Heinrich Bronsart von Schellendorff (1803–1874) and Antoinette de Rège (1810–1873).
On 26 September 1863 in Altona, Bronsart von Schellendorf married Harriet Donner (born 14 November 1841 in Altona; died 21 September 1917 at Gut Marienhof, Amt Güstrow), the daughter of the Hamburg business magnate and banker Bernhard Donner, adviser to the Danish government and landowner at Schloss Bredeneek, and of Helene Schröder (from a Freiherr family).
He was the younger brother of Paul Bronsart von Schellendorff, and became Minister of War 10 years after him.
Bronsart von Schellendorf left cadet school in 1851 and joined the 1st Infantry Regiment and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1852. After studying at the Allgemeine Kriegsschule (General War College; later the Prussian Military Academy) from 1855 to 1858 he was made adjutant of the I Corps in 1859, after having been assigned to the 8. Jäger-Bataillon. In 1860 he was moved to the topographical department of the General Staff and in 1862 was transferred to the General Staff as a Captain.
In the Second Schleswig War in 1864, Bronsart von Schellendorff participated in the Battle of Dybbøl. He experienced the Austro-Prussian War from the headquarters of the King of Prussia. He was subsequently made a Major.
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