Ferdinand von Stülpnagel (General, 1842)
Ferdinand Wolf Konstantin Karl von Stülpnagel (born October 7, 1842 in Berlin ; † December 24, 1912 there ) was a Prussian infantry general .
Life
origin
Ferdinand Wolf Konstantin came from the Uckermark noble family von Stülpnagel . He was the son of the later Prussian general of the infantry Ferdinand Wolf Louis von Stülpnagel (1813–1885) and his wife Cäcilie, born von Lossau (1809–1886).
Military career
After his education in the cadet institutes in Potsdam and Berlin , Stülpnagel joined the 1st Guards Regiment on March 6, 1860 as a second lieutenant on foot . From there, on February 23, 1861, he was transferred to the 3rd Guards Regiment on foot . From October 2, 1862 to July 1, 1863 he was assigned to the Central Gymnastics Institute, where he worked as a teacher for two months.
After participating in the campaign against Denmark in 1864, he attended the War Academy from 1865 , interrupted by the war against Austria in 1866. During this campaign he was adjutant of the Guards Landwehr Infantry Division. On October 30, 1866, Stülpnagel was promoted to Prime Lieutenant, and from April 16, 1868 to May 1, 1869, he was assigned to the General Staff . At the beginning of the war against France in 1870 he was an adjutant in the General Government of the Coastal Lands, then with the 3rd Guards Regiment on foot at the front. On December 6, 1870, he became captain and chief of the 11th company .
Transferred to the General Staff in October 1877, he joined the General Staff of the 9th Division in Glogau in February 1878 and was promoted to major on June 6, 1878 . On April 15, 1882, Stülpnagel became battalion leader in the Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich III." (2nd Silesian) No. 11 . From this position he was placed à la suite of the regiment in 1886 and appointed director of the Potsdam War School. On January 12, 1886 he became a lieutenant colonel , received the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown in the same year, and on March 8, 1887 was promoted to Chief of Staff of the 1st Army Corps . On September 19, 1888 he became colonel and commander of the grenadier regiment "Kronprinz" (1st East Prussian) No. 1 in Koenigsberg . Promoted to major general on May 16, 1891 , he was assigned the command of the 22nd Infantry Brigade in Breslau that same day . On March 25, 1893, he changed command and took over the 1st Infantry Brigade in Königsberg. Promoted to lieutenant general on January 27, 1895 , he became commander of the 1st division in Königsberg on the same day . On April 4, 1899, Stülpnagel became the commanding general of the V Army Corps in Posen and on January 27, 1900 he was appointed General of the Infantry. In this capacity he received the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order on September 12, 1902 , the Crown of the Grand Cross of the Order of Albrecht with a Golden Star on October 26, 1904, and the Grand Cross of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order on December 16, 1905 .
Under award of the Black Eagle Stülpnagel on 13 September 1906 à la suite of the Grenadier Regiment "Crown Prince" (1st East Prussian) No. 1 was filled with board for disposition made.
family
Stülpnagel married Marie Bronsart von Schellendorff (1854–1932), a daughter of General Paul Bronsart von Schellendorff , on January 25, 1873 . The couple had several children, including the eldest son Ferdinand Wolf von Stülpnagel (1873–1938) and the later General Joachim von Stülpnagel .
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , pp. 372-374, no. 2652.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Württemberg. 1907, p. 64.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stülpnagel, Ferdinand von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stülpnagel, Ferdinand Wolf Konstantin Karl von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian general of the infantry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1912 |
| Place of death | Berlin |