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Wilhelm Eugen Ludwig Ferdinand von Rohr

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Wilhelm Eugen Ludwig Ferdinand von Rohr
Prussian Minister of War
In office
6 October 1847 – 2 April 1848
MonarchFrederick William IV
Prime MinisterLudwig Gustav von Thile
Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg
Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen
Preceded byHermann von Boyen
Succeeded byKarl von Reyher
Personal details
Born17 May 1783
Brandenburg an der Havel, Kingdom of Prussia
Died15 March 1851 (1851-03-16) (aged 67)
Glogau, Kingdom of Prussia
AwardsOrder of the Red Eagle (Knight 1st Class)
Military service
Allegiance Prussia
Branch/servicePrussian Army
RankGeneral of the Infantry
Battles/wars

Wilhelm Eugen Ludwig Ferdinand von Rohr (born 17 May 1783, Brandenburg an der Havel - died 15 March 1851, Glogau) was a Prussian general and minister of war.

On 4 October 1842 he married Auguste Gräfin von Rittberg (1824–1906).

Literature

  • Zur Erinnerung an Ferdinand von Rohr, Königlich Preußischen General der Infanterie und Kriegsminister außer Dienst. Beiheft zum Militair-Wochenblatt. (in German), Berlin: E.S. Mittler, October 1851, pp. 1–18
  • Gustav Droysen (1853), Das Leben Yorks (in German), Berlin{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Allgemeine Militair-Encyclopädie. Band 8, p. 23.
  • Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Band 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, ohne Jahr, S. 99–102.
Prussian Ministers of War
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