The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Manteuffel, Edwin, Freiherr von
(t´vn fr´hr fn män´toifl) (KEY) , 1809–85, Prussian field marshal. He served in the Danish War (1864) and was appointed Prussian governor in conquered Schleswig. In the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 he commanded brilliantly, and in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) he distinguished himself. Manteuffel commanded (1871–73) the German army of occupation in France and from 1879 until his death was governor of Alsace-Lorraine.
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