Albrecht von Roon

Albrecht Graf von Roon
Albrecht von Roon in the 1870s
Minister President of Prussia
In office 1 January 1873 – 9 November 1873
Monarch	Wilhelm I
Preceded by	Otto von Bismarck
Succeeded by	Otto von Bismarck
Prussian Minister of War
In office 5 December 1859 – 9 November 1873
Preceded by	Eduard von Bonin
Succeeded by	Georg von Kameke
Personal details
Born	(1803-04-30)30 April 1803 Pleushagen, Province of Pomerania, Holy Roman Empire (now Pleśna, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
Died	23 February 1879(1879-02-23) (aged 75) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Resting place	Reichenbach
Awards	Pour le Mérite Order of the Black Eagle Order of the Red Eagle House Order of Hohenzollern Order of the Prussian Crown Johanniter Order Iron Cross
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Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Prussia  German Confederation  North German Confederation  German Empire
Branch/service	Prussian Army
Years of service	1821–1873
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall
Battles/wars	Second Schleswig War Austro-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War

Albrecht Theodor Emil Graf von Roon^[1] (German pronunciation: [ˈʔalbʁɛçt fɔn ʁoːn]; 30 April 1803 – 23 February 1879) was a Prussian soldier and statesman. As Minister of War from 1859 to 1873, Roon, along with Otto von Bismarck and Helmuth von Moltke, was a dominating figure in Prussia's government during the key decade of the 1860s, when a series of successful wars against Denmark, Austria, and France led to German unification under Prussia's leadership. A moderate conservative and supporter of executive monarchy, he was an avid modernizer who worked to improve the efficiency of the army.