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Who was Marie Burt, Helmuth von Moltke’s wife?
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Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
Marie Burt (1825–1868) was the wife of the Prussian and German General Staff chief Helmuth von Moltke. They were married in April 1842. Marie Burt was the stepdaughter of Moltke’s sister, Augusta.1