Reinhold von Werner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Prussian/German admiral
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Place of Birth: Weferlingen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Reinhold von Werner
- Reinhold von Werner (10 May 1825 – 26 February 1909) was a Prussian and later Imperial German naval officer in the 19th century, eventually reaching the rank of vice admiral.
- He commanded warships during the three wars of German Unification, the Second Schleswig War, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War in 1864, 1866, and 1870–1871, respectively, and during a naval intervention during a revolution in Spain in 1873.
- His actions off Spain, considered extreme by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, resulted in his court-martial.
- He was promoted two years after the intervention in Spain, but was forced into retirement after a major feud with Albrecht von Stosch three years later.
- Werner wrote numerous books during and after his naval career, and also founded a periodical on maritime topics.
- He was ennobled in 1901 and died in February 1909.
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