The Waldersee family (or von Waldersee) is an old German noble family, representing illegitimate branch of the House of Anhalt-Dessau.
History
editDuring his marriage, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau had a relationship with Johanna Eleonore von Neitschütz née Hoffmeyer (1739-1816), wife of Adolph Heinrich von Neitschütz (1730-1772), Master of the Horse at the Princely court of Anhalt-Dessau.[1] Their illegitimate son, Franz Johann Georg (1763-1823) was granted the title of Count von Waldersee, heritable by all his legitimate male-line descendants.[2] Members of the family live throughout Germany. Today, th Head of the family, Count Christoph von Waldersee (b. 1951) is married to Countess Pia von Galen (b. 1965) and they have two sons and a daughter.[3]
Notable members
edit- Alfred von Waldersee (1832–1904), German field marshal
- Friedrich Graf von Waldersee (1795–1864), German Prussian Lieutenant General and military author
- Georg von Waldersee (1860–1932), Imperial German Army general in World War I
References
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