Alfred of Fabrice

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Alfred of Fabrice

Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von Fabrice (born May 23, 1818 in Quesnoy-sur-Deûle near Lille ; † March 25, 1891 in Dresden ) was a Saxon general of the cavalry and from 1876 until his death chairman of the entire Saxon ministry . For more than 24 years he was Saxon Minister of War and served four Saxon kings.

Battle of Gitschin on June 29, 1866

Life

Fabrice mausoleum
Fabrice's grave in the St. Pauli Cemetery in Dresden

Alfred von Fabrice was a son of the Saxon major Friedrich Joseph Anton von Fabrice (1786–1850), who had remained in France as part of the occupation army after the victory over Napoleon. His mother was Charlotte Luise, née von Weißenbach (1798–1855). Other sons and thus his brothers were Oswald von Fabrice (1820–1898) and Bernhard von Fabrice (1827–1866). Alfred joined the Saxon cavalry in 1831 from the cadet corps . As a cavalry captain he took part in the Schleswig-Holstein War in 1849 , was appointed to the General Staff in 1850 and, as a Colonel, was Chief of Staff of the Federal Execution Command in Holstein between 1863 and 1864 .

In 1865 Fabrice was promoted to major general and chief of the general staff, in the German War (1866) - in which Saxony took part against Prussia - he served under Crown Prince Albert of Saxony . He led the operations of the Saxon Army Corps in Bohemia with great skill. On June 29, 1866, his brother Bernhard von Fabrice was killed in the battle of Gitschin (Bohemia) in the war against Prussia.

After the peace treaty he was entrusted with the management of the Saxon War Ministry in October and promoted to lieutenant general in December . Fabrice concluded the long-standing military convention with Prussia and led the reorganization of the Saxon army to the XII. Army corps of the North German Confederation based on the Prussian model.

When the Franco-German War broke out in 1870/1871, Fabrice was appointed Governor General for the XII district. Army Corps and was called to Versailles at the end of 1870 , where he was in charge of the administration of the conquered northern departments . During the armistice , Fabrice remained in France as the representative of the Chancellor and brokered all matters important for the implementation of the peace preparations and for the occupation army. For this he later received a grant of 100,000 thalers from the German Reich .

In June 1871 Fabrice returned to Dresden and was appointed General of the Cavalry in 1873. He first organized the internal organization of the army and then turned his attention to the barracking of the troops, which were previously largely inadequately housed. To this end, he created an exemplary model at the time with the Albertstadt plant in Dresden.

Fabrice was appointed chairman of the State Ministry in November 1876 and in 1882 also took over the affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . On his 50th anniversary in 1884, King Albert raised Fabrice to hereditary count .

Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von Fabrice was married to Anna, née Countess von der Asseburg . They had three children, the two sons Eberhard (1851–1942) and Friedrich (Fritz) (1859–1933) and their daughter Anna, married. Henckel von Donnersmark (1856–1905). He died in Dresden on March 25, 1891. He was buried in a mausoleum that still exists today on today's Stauffenbergallee (north side, between Carolabrücke and Marienallee) (see the city maps of Dresden-Albertstadt from 1895 and 1917 ) and in 1950 with his three children in the family grave on St. Pauli Cemetery reburied. His line died out with them.

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Wikisource: Announcement concerning the appointment of the Minister of State, General of the Cavalry of Fabrice as Plenipotentiary to the Federal Council. January 27, 1877  - Sources and full texts
personal data
SURNAME Fabrice, Alfred von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fabrice, Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon general of the cavalry and head of government (1876-1891)
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Quesnoy-sur-Deûle near Lille
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1891
Place of death Dresden