Walther Franz Georg Bronsart von Schellendorff
(21.12.1833 - 13.12.1914)
place of birth:  Danzig, Westpreußen  (Gdansk, Poland)
Königreich Preußen:  Kriegsminister,  General der Infanterie


Prussian military officer Walther Bronsart von Schellendorff served as Prussian War Minister prior to the Great War. Walther was born into the home of an old Prussian noble family, his father the former General of Infantry Heinrich Bronsart von Schellendorf, and his mother Antoinette Drège. Walther was married to Harriet Donner. He entered the Prussian Guards in 1849 and was appointed to the general staff in 1861 as a captain. He saw action during the German-Danish War of 1864, although his service time during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 was spent at the Kaiser's headquarters in Berlin. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he served as IX. Corps Chief of General Staff.

After the Great War, Bronsart worked his way up to divisional commander by 1884, and took command of III. Corps in 1888. He retired from active service in 1893 and that same year replaced Hans von Kaltenborn-Stachau as Prussian War Minister, a position he served in through August 1896. Walther's older brother Paul had also headed up the Prussian War Minister ten years previous. Walther died in December 1914 at his Marienhof estate located in the district of Güstrow.

	General der Infanterie ....	13.08.1889
	Eisernes Kreuz II ..............	Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871