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Bernhard Franz Wilhelm von
Werder
(27.02.1823 - 19.03.1907)
place of birth: Potsdam
Königreich
Preußen: Mil-Bevollmächtiger, Generaladjutant SM, General der Infanterie
General Bernhard von Werder was a Prussian diplomat and military
plenipotentiary detached to Russian Tsar Nicholas II.'s royal court. Bernhard
was commissioned in 1840 as a Sekonde-Lieutenant in 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß. In
1858, he was assigned duties as King Friedrich Wilhelm IV.'s aide-de-camp. He
led troops of the Garde-Füsilier-Regiment into battle during the Danish War
of 1864 (Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg). He later commanded the same regiment as
they went to battle in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 (Deutscher Krieg).
For his exemplary leadership, King Wilhelm I. decorated von Werder with the
Pour le Mérite medal.
After the war, General von Werder was sent to St.
Petersburg in 1869 as Prussia's military representative
(Militär-Bevollmächtiger) to Russia, a posting he held for the next 16 years. In
this role within Tsar Nicholas II.'s Great Headquarters, von Werder was able to
take part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 (Russisch-Türkischer Krieg).
In 1876, he was promoted to General-Lieutenant and one year later, from General
à la suite to Generaladjutant in Kaiser Wilhelm I.'s entourage. Von Werder was
promoted to General der Infanterie and then returned to Prussia in 1886 to serve
as Governor of Berlin. He retired from active duty in September 1888 but
remained on the official listing of adjutant generals to the deceased Wilhelm
I.'s. General von Werder's father Franz Karl von Werder was in command of I.
Armeekorps in Königsberg from 1854 to 1863.
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