Wilhelm Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
(13.05.1807 - 06.03.1898)
place of birth:  Wernigerode
Königreich Preußen:  KG,  General der Cavallerie

                            


General der Cavallerie Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
was Imperial Prussian officer and political figure. He was the eldest son of Graf Constantin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode. Following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, he succeeded General von Zastrow as commander of VII. Armee-Korps headquartered at Münster. In 1880, Stolberg was decorated with Prussia's highest order of chivalry, the Schwarzer Adler-Orden (Order of the Black Eagle.)

     
     

General der Cavallerie  22.03.1873
Erinnerungs-Kreuz Deutscher Krieg  1866

Eisernes Kreuz I  Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871
Schwarzer Adler 22.03.1880