Wilhelm von Wedell-Piesdorf
Wilhelm von Wedell-Piesdorf (20 May 1837 – 11 July 1915) was a German politician.
Wilhelm von Wedell-Piesdorf c. 1910.
Biography
From 1879 to 1885 he was a conservative member of the Prussian House of Representatives. From 1884 he was a member of the Reichstag for the Free Conservative Party, of which he became the president in the same year, until he was made minister of the royal household by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1888. From 1885 he was a member of the Prussian House of Lords, and became its president in 1912.
He was a member of the student fraternity Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg. From 1910 to 1937 the Wedellplatz in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde was named after him.
Honours
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Kingdom of Prussia: Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, 15 June 1898; with Collar, 17 January 1899[1]
Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Merit Order of Philip the Magnanimous, 26 January 1893[2]
Norway: Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav, 15 December 1906[3].svg.png.webp)
Sweden: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star, 31 August 1888[4]
References
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- "Verdienst-Orden Philipps des Großmütigen", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1907, p. 126 – via hathitrust.org
- "Den kongelige norske Sanct Olavs Orden", Norges Statskalender (in Norwegian), 1908, pp. 875–876, retrieved 17 September 2021
- "Kongl. Svenska Riddare-Ordnarne" (PDF), Sveriges statskalender för Skottåret 1889 (in Swedish), Stockholm: Kongl. Boktryckeriet. P.A. Norstedt & Soner, 1888, p. 435 – via gupea.ub.gu.se
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