Eugen von Keller

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Eugen Ritter von Keller

Eugen Karl August Johann Joseph Keller , from 1892 Ritter von Keller , (born December 7, 1843 in Munich ; † January 29, 1938 ibid) was a Bavarian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Eugen came from a family originally based in Swabia , who was first mentioned in a document in Burtenbach an der Mindel in 1733 . He was the son of the lawyer and Leuchtenberg cabinet councilor Johann Nepomuk Keller (1804-1860).

Military career

After attending a humanistic grammar school , Keller joined the 1st field artillery regiment "Prinzregent Luitpold" of the Bavarian Army as a volunteer in 1861 . From 1863 he was a Junker in the 4th Field Artillery Regiment "King" and in 1866 he became Second Lieutenant there . As such, he took part in the war against Prussia in 1866 , fought in the battles of Helmstadt and Roßbrunn and was in the bombardment of Würzburg. From 1868/70 and 1871/72 Keller graduated from the Bavarian War Academy , which pronounced him qualified for the general staff. His training was interrupted by the Franco-German War . During this time he was initially with his regular regiment, then acted as an adjutant of the reserve artillery department of the 1st Army Corps and took part in the siege of Paris and the battle of Orléans . In 1875, Keller was promoted to captain , briefly employed as a teacher at the war school and transferred to the central office of the general staff. From 1878 to 1881 he was Second General Staff Officer at the General Command of the II Army Corps . Keller then returned to the troop service and received a position as battery chief in the 2nd field artillery regiment "vacant Brodesser" . In the further course of his military career, Keller was a major general from May 31, 1895 to April 19, 1898, in command of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade . He was then promoted to lieutenant general and appointed inspector of the foot artillery . On June 16, 1900, he was put up for disposal .

Ennoblement

For his services, Keller was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Bavarian Crown on December 27, 1891 . The personal nobility was connected with the award and after being entered in the nobility register on January 25, 1892, he was allowed to call himself “Ritter von Keller”. It was not until March 6, 1906 that he was raised to the hereditary Bavarian nobility as a knight, subject to the higher degree of nobility he was already entitled to, and was enrolled with his descendants on March 15, 1906 in the Bavarian nobility register.

family

Keller married Berta Hassold (1846–1929) in Munich on December 7, 1869. She was the daughter of the Bavarian government director Eduard Hassold and his wife Wilhelmine Krauss. The couple had three sons Eduard (1870–1928), Friedrich and Theodor and a daughter.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Othmar Hackl : The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche publishing house bookstore. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-406-10490-8 . P. 490.
  2. ^ Ordinance sheet of the Royal Bavarian War Ministry. Munich 1906. p. 78. ( excerpt )
  3. ^ Krauss family list . In: German gender book . Volume 9, p. 266.
personal data
SURNAME Keller, Eugen von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keller, Eugen Ritter von; Keller, Eugen Karl August Johann Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1938
Place of death Munich