Hugo von Kayser

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Hugo Max von Kayser (born June 15, 1873 in Koblenz , † September 23, 1949 in Braunschweig ) was a German cavalry general of the Reichswehr .

Life

origin

Hugo was a son of the Prussian Colonel Edwin von Kayser (1836-1887) and his wife Klara, born von Ulrici (1848-1921). His father had been raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility on August 14, 1864 .

Military career

On February 24, 1890, Kayser joined the Hussar Regiment "von Zieten" (Brandenburgisches) No. 3 of the Prussian Army in Rathenow as a flag junior and in mid-September 1891 was promoted to secondary lieutenant . At the end of January 1897 he was transferred to the 1st Hessian Hussar Regiment No. 13 in Frankfurt am Main and served as a regimental adjutant from November 1897 to early April 1902. His regiment chief , the Italian King Victor Emanuel III. , drew him with the Knight's Cross of the Order of St. Mauritius and Lazarus and the Order of the Crown from Italy . With the uniform of his regiment, Kayser was first lieutenant , from mid-September 1904 as Rittmeister adjutant of the 4th Cavalry Brigade in Bromberg . Subsequently, on August 18, 1905, he was transferred to the Thuringian Hussar Regiment No. 12 in Torgau as squadron chief . With promotion to major , he was appointed adjutant of the 1st Cavalry Inspection in Poznan on April 22, 1912 . From April 18, 1913 to September 30, 1913, Kayser was with the staff of the Hussar Regiment "von Zieten" (Brandenburgisches) No. 3 and then acted as commander of the officers' riding school in Paderborn .

With the outbreak of World War I , Kayser was initially appointed commander of the Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 5 and took part in the fighting on the Western Front in conjunction with the 13th Reserve Division . In the following year he commanded the Uhlan Regiment "Emperor Alexander II of Russia" (1st Brandenburg) No. 3 , was from April 15 to May 4, 1916 commander of the Reserve Hussar Regiment No. 5 and then commander of the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 16. After Kayser had already received both classes of the Iron Cross , at the end of May 1918 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords. As a lieutenant colonel , he was appointed commander of the Hussar Regiment “von Zieten” (Brandenburgisches) No. 3 in mid-January 1918. From August 1, 1918, he was employed as commander of the Cavalry Rifle Command 14 on the Western Front, and in this position Kayser was seriously wounded on September 3, 1918.

The end of the war saw Kayser hospital . After his recovery he was given command of the Hussar Regiment "von Zieten" (Brandenburgisches) No. 3 again in mid-February 1919, and after the dissolution of the association on August 1, 1919, he was ordered to serve at the War Ministry. On October 1, 1919, when he was appointed Chief of Staff for the Inspection of the Cavalry, he was transferred to the Ministry . With seniority from October 1, 1920, Kayser was promoted to colonel on December 18, 1920 . From October 1921 to the end of December 1925 he was then commander of the Reichswehr Cavalry School in Hanover , rose to major general in this capacity and then became commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division in Breslau . On October 1, 1926, Kayser returned to the Reichswehr Ministry with his appointment as inspector of the cavalry, and on February 1, 1927, he was promoted to lieutenant general . With promotion to General of the Cavalry, he was finally appointed Commander in Chief of Group Command 2 based in Kassel on December 1, 1929 . On November 30, 1931, Kayser retired with permission to wear the uniform of the 3rd (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment .

He was an honorary knight of the Order of St. John .

family

Kayser married Ilse Brinkmann (* 1877) in Lauenburg / Elbe on June 5, 1897 , from whom he later divorced. He then married Gertrud von Willert, divorced von Klitzing (* 1881), in Berlin on August 18, 1927 . The children Edwin (* 1899), Margarete (* 1901) and Bruno-Heinz (* 1904) emerged from the first marriage.

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, data officers, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 6: Hochbaum – Klutmann. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2002, ISBN 3-7648-2582-0 , pp. 392-393.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. Old nobility and post office nobility. Twenty-third year, Justus Perthes, Gotha, 1921 p. 404 , 1931 p. 349–350.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Secret War Chancellery, Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1904. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1904, p. 53.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 191 of June 5, 1917, p. 4773.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 22 of August 19, 1919, p. 419.
personal data
SURNAME Kayser, Hugo von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kayser, Hugo Max von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general of the cavalry
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1949
Place of death Braunschweig