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Adolf von Deines (1905)

Johann Georg Adolf von Deines (born May 30, 1845 in Hanau ; † November 17, 1911 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a Prussian cavalry general and adjutant general of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Life

Adolf came from a family recorded in Roßdorf near Hanau in the 16th century and was the son of Friedrich von Deines (1818–1901) and his wife Emilie, née Pfeiffer (1816–1866). After attending grammar school in Weinheim, he studied at the universities of Göttingen , Halle and Bonn . In Bonn he was a member of the Corps Palatia . On October 1, 1867, he joined the Hussar Regiment No. 7 of the Prussian Army as a one-year-old volunteer and was promoted to Second Lieutenant of the Reserve on July 6, 1869 . In 1870 he took part in the Franco-Prussian War and fought at Gravelotte , Amiens and the Hallue . After the siege of Metz , Deines acted as an orderly officer in the 1st Army , later in the Southern Army and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class on December 18, 1870 .

After the end of the war, on July 15, 1871, he was accepted into the active relationship in his main regiment. Here he was promoted to regimental adjutant on March 16, 1872, and two years later he was assigned to the General Staff . After being promoted to Prime Lieutenant on April 4, 1876, yours was aggregated here. In 1878 he was promoted to captain . In 1881 he was sent to the Turkish-Greek border region as an observer.

From 1885 to 1887, Deines held the position of military attaché at the German legation in Madrid , where he was responsible for maintaining military relations between the German Empire and Spain . Subsequently, on March 8, 1887, he was employed in the same position at the German Embassy in Vienna . Left in this position, Deines was appointed wing adjutant to the new Emperor Wilhelm II on October 3, 1888 , a position which from then on gave him the right of direct access to the monarch ( immediate position ).

As a political instrument of the Chief of Staff Alfred von Waldersee , Deines participated in Waldersee's dispute with Reich Chancellor Otto von Bismarck from 1887 to 1890 : like the military attachés in Petersburg, Paris and Rome , he provided the Chief of Staff with reports on German foreign policy at the time - and thus Bismarck as their originator - in a bad light. Waldersee submitted these reports to the Crown Prince, or from 1888 to the Emperor, in order to take him against Bismarck and thus bring about his overthrow.

In 1890 Deines was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1892 to colonel . On October 23, 1894, he was recalled from Vienna and, while remaining in his position as wing adjutant, Deines took on the role of governor, d. H. the chief responsible for the upbringing of the emperor's sons. As a special thank you for the upbringing of the Crown Prince , Wilhelm II awarded him the Star of the Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on May 6, 1900 , released yours from his position as Chief Governor and appointed him Adjutant General. Deines retained this position even after he was appointed commander of the 21st Division on June 16, 1900 . Deines reached the high point of his military career when he took over command as Commanding General of the VIII Army Corps in Koblenz on October 18, 1902 and was promoted to General of the Cavalry on May 29, 1903. Because of increasing deafness your gave on October 2, 1906, the leadership of the Corps and was leaving as Adjutant with board for planning and à la suite provided the Hussars.. 7

Politically, yours was in contrast to the group around Privy Councilor Friedrich von Holstein , to whom he attributed an overly great influence on the Kaiser, as well as to Chancellor Leo von Caprivi , whose advocacy of free trade and lack of support for the large agrarians he criticized.

Thyes married on July 12, 1898, Katharina Helene Margarete Elsa Freiin von Falkenhausen (* July 27, 1872 - January 8, 1949), a daughter of Colonel General Ludwig Freiherr von Falkenhausen and his first wife Helene von Waldow and Reitzenstein (1847–1886) .

He died in Frankfurt am Main as a result of an intestinal operation and is buried in the main cemetery in Hanau .

His grave monument is a cultural monument according to the Hessian Monument Protection Act . His estate is now stored in the Federal Archives-Military Archive (BArch-MA) in Freiburg im Breisgau .

literature

  • Isabel V. Hull: The entourage of Kaiser Wilhelm II. 1888-1918. Cambridge 1982.
  • Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 32-38, no. 3064.
  • Karl Siebert: Hanauer biographies from three centuries. Hanauer Geschichtsverein , Hanau 1919 (= Hanauer Geschichtsblätter NF 3/4 ), pp. 36–39.
  • Erich von Witzleben: Adolf von Deines. Life picture 1845–1911. 1913.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hull, p. 211.
  2. ↑ Hull, pp. 11, 225.
  3. ^ Carolin Krumm: Cultural monuments in Hessen - City of Hanau. Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen. Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2054-9 , p. 156.
personal data
SURNAME Yours, Adolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann Georg Adolf Ritter von Deines (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian cavalry general, military attaché and adjutant general Kaiser Wilhelm II.
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanau
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1911
Place of death Frankfurt am Main