Friedrich von Graevenitz (General)
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Friedrich ("Fritz") Gustav Theodor von Graevenitz (born January 7, 1861 in Hohenasperg ; † February 28, 1922 in Solitude ) was a Württemberg officer , most recently a general of the infantry and military plenipotentiary at the headquarters for the duration of the First World War .
Life
origin
He came from the sex of Graevenitz , the beginning of the 18th century by the brothers Friedrich Wilhelm and Wilhelmina of Grävenitz had reached enormous influence in the Württemberg State, and was the son of both in Ludwigsburg Carl born Alexander Franz Ludwig Albert von Graevenitz (1830 –1903) and Sophie Ernestine, née Höring (1837–1864).
Military career
In 1878 Graevenitz joined the 9th Company of the Grenadier Regiment "Queen Olga" . From 1888 to 1891 he was trained at the War Academy in Berlin. He served in various staffs and joined the Royal Württemberg War Ministry in 1898, during which time he was promoted to captain and later major.
After the death of the previous post holder, General of the Cavalry Gustav von Starkloff , Graevenitz was appointed adjutant general to King Wilhelm II of Württemberg on July 5, 1918 .
His estate is in the Baden-Württemberg State Archive (holdings M 660/095).
family
He had been married since 1888 to Marianne, née Klotz (1867–1940), daughter of the Stuttgart factory owner Johann Karl Klotz (1835–1909), chemist and director of the Siegle paint factory , and Marie Luise Friederike, née Sprösser (1838–1929). She was a daughter of Carl Wilhelm Sprösser (1791–1872), Württemberg major in the honorary invalid corps .
As a result, Friedrich von Graevenitz's wife Marianne was also a niece of Major General Theodor Karl Gottlieb von Sprösser (1836–1907), commander of the infantry regiment "King Wilhelm I" (6th Württembergisches) No. 124 and cousin of Major General Theodor Sproesser ( 1870-1933).
Daughter Marianne von Graevenitz (1889–1983) was married to the officer and politician Ernst von Weizsäcker , from which marriage among others the physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912–2007) and the politician and later German President Richard von Weizsäcker (1920 –2015).
Son Fritz von Graevenitz (1892–1959) was a well-known painter and sculptor . Two other sons Richard von Graevenitz (1890-1918) and Karl von Graevenitz (1895-1918) died as soldiers in the First World War on the Western Front and in the North Sea. Another daughter Elisabeth von Graevenitz (1894–1923) also died young.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Euler : pedigree v. Weizsäcker-v. Graevenitz: Exemplary presentation of the prosopographical requirements and consequences of an all-German intellectual leadership group (Herold Studies Volume 1). Herold, Association for Heraldry, Genealogy and Related Sciences in Berlin . Herald's publishing house. 1992, ISBN 3-9802435-6-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses. German nobility. Volume 40. Justus Perthes Verlag. 1941, p. 146.
- ^ Honorary ranking list of the former German Army. Ed .: German Officer Association. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1926, p. 957.
- ^ Biography of Friedrich von Graevenitz in the Baden-Württemberg State Archives
- ^ Estate of Friedrich Gustav Theodor von Graevenitz (1861–1922)
- ↑ Family data of the Paul Wolfgang Merkelschen Family Foundation Nuremberg: Marianne Klotz (accessed on June 11, 2014)
- ↑ GenWiki : Johann Karl Klotz ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 14, 2014)
- ↑ GenWiki: Marie Luise Friederike, geb. Sprösser ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 14, 2014)
- ↑ GenWiki: Carl Wilhelm Sprösser ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 14, 2014)
- ↑ GenWiki: Theodor Karl Gottlieb Sprösser ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 14, 2014) cf. also Baden-Württemberg State Archives, Stuttgart Main State Archives , regimental commanders, M 703 R587N11: Theodor Carl Gottlieb von Sprösser , Colonel and Commander from 1884 to 1886, most recently Major General, half-length portrait (accessed on June 14, 2014)
- ↑ Main State Archives Stuttgart, holdings M 660/042: Theodor Sproesser ; see. also Sproesser, Theodor in the DNB (accessed on June 14, 2014)
- ↑ Peter Hennings , Friedrich (Fritz) Gustav Theodor von Graevenitz (accessed June 10, 2014)
- ↑ GenWiki : Friedrich Wilhelm Euler (accessed June 14, 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Graevenitz, Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Graevenitz, Friedrich Gustav Theodor von (full name); Graevenitz, Fritz von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Württemberg infantry general and adjutant general, military representative in Berlin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hohenasperg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1922 |
| Place of death | Solitude |