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Gottlieb von Haeseler | |
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Born | 18 January 1836 Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia |
Died | 25 October 1919 83) Harnecop bei Wriezen, Germany | (aged
Allegiance | Kingdom of Prussia North German Confederation German Empire |
Service/ | Heer |
Years of service | 1853–1903 |
Rank | Generalfeldmarschall |
Commands held | 11. Ulanenregiment 12. Kavalleriebrigade 31. Kavalleriebrigade 20. Division 6. Division XVI. Armee-Korps |
Battles/wars | Second Schleswig War Austro-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War World War I (in advisory capacity) |
Awards | Pour le Mérite |
Gottlieb Ferdinand Albert Alexis Graf von Haeseler (January 19, 1836 – October 25, 1919) was a German military officer of the Imperial Wilhelmine period, with final rank of Generalfeldmarschall .
Haeseler was born in Potsdam to August Alexis Eduard Haeseler and Albertine von Schönermark. He entered the Prussian army as Lieutenant in 1853 and became aide-de-camp of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia in 1860. He served in the Danish-Prussian War (1864), the Austro-Prussian War (1866), and the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71). From 1879 he headed the military history department of the general staff, and from 1890 to 1903 he was General of the Cavalry and head of the XVI Army Corps in Metz. In 1905 he received the rank of a Generalfeldmarschall. From 1903 he was member of the Prussian House of Lords and worked for the development of the vocational school system. Haeseler died in Harnekop.
Among other things, the barracks of the paratrooper battalion No. 261 in Lebach/Saar are named after Haeseler.
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