F. W. Waldemar

Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar, second son of the late Prince Wilhelm Karl of Prussia, followed the usual Prussian aristocratic career path into the military. By 1838 he had risen to simultaneously become Major in the Guard-Dragoons and commander of the 3rd Guard Militia. In 1844 Waldemar joined a former captain of the General-staff, Eduard Graf von Oriola, and Lieutenant Albrecht Wilhelm von der Groeben on a tour of India.