Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler

Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler

Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler in 1910
Born 18 January 1836
Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia
Died 25 October 1919(1919-10-25) (aged 83)
Harnecop bei Wriezen, Germany
Allegiance  German Empire (to 1918)
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1853-1918
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.

Biography

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 1890-1903 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.

Awards

Notes

Regarding personal names: Graf was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Count. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine form is Gräfin.

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