Benedikt Waldeck

Benedikt Franz Leo Ignatz Waldeck (31 July 1802 – 12 May 1870) was a left-leaning deputy in the Prussian National Assembly and later in the Second Chamber of the Landtag of Prussia.[1] On 1 August 1802 Benedikt Waldeck was baptised in the Roman Catholic St Lambert's Church in Münster.A weakened form of this draft was signed by King Frederick William IV of Prussia in December 1848.Sir John Retcliffe (real name: Hermann Goedsche) was centrally involved in a forgery scandal to discredit Waldeck and then lost his government position for his criminal participation.[9] Despite his acquittal, Waldeck and other democrats were unable to remain politically active after the failed revolution under the government of Otto Theodor von Manteuffel.
Waldeck in the dungeon, 1849 (contemporary depiction)
Waldeck-Monument in the Waldeckpark in Berlin-Kreuzberg
MünsterHoly Roman EmpireBerlinPrussiaNorth German ConfederationPrussianGymnasium Paulinum in MünsterAbiturUniversity of MünsterUniversity of GöttingenGerman Progress PartyPrussian National AssemblyLandtag of PrussiaGerman revolutions of 1848–1849Otto von BismarckprofessorWestphalianpatrician familySt Lambert's ChurchGymnasium PaulinumAssessorHalberstadtPaderbornVlothoOberlandesgerichtPreußisches ObertribunalSupreme TribunalKing Frederick William IV of PrussiaSir John RetcliffeOtto Theodor von ManteuffelWilliam IBerlin-Kreuzberg