Please answer the following question: Facts: - battles: second franco-prussian war schleswig war * battle of jasmund austro-prussian war - death date: 26 february 1909 10 may 1825 yes - allegiance: german empire - commands: nymphe carl 1867 6 baltic station 1863 6 renown 6 kronprinz 1867 6 friedrich - rank: '' vizeadmiral '' - birth date: 10 may 1825 - serviceyears: 1852 -- 1878 - name: reinhold werner - branch: '' marine '' reichsflotte '' '' preussische marine '' '' kaiserliche - death place: berlin-charlottenburg - birth place: weferlingen , prussia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of reinhold von werner .
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reinhold von werner -lrb- 10 may 1825 -- 26 february 1909 -rrb- was a prussian and later imperial german naval officer in the 19th century , eventually reaching the rank of vice admiral .he commanded warships during the three wars of german unification , the second schleswig war , the austro-prussian war , and the franco-prussian war in 1864 , 1866 , and 1870 -- 1871 , respectively , and during a naval intervention during a revolution in spain in 1873 .his actions off spain , considered extreme by chancellor otto von bismarck , resulted in his court-martial .he was promoted two years after the intervention in spain , but was forced into retirement after a major feud with albrecht von stosch three years later .werner wrote numerous books during and after his naval career , and also founded a periodical on maritime topics .he was ennobled in 1901 and died in february 1909 .