Otto von Müller
Otto von Müller (born October 17, 1875 in Jülich , † April 2, 1976 in Grafrath ) was a German tennis player and officer. During the First World War he was the personal adjutant of the last German Crown Prince Wilhelm on the Eastern Front .
origin
The family comes from Mecklenburg-Schwerin and the family line begins with Adam Möller († 1693), who was bailiff in Redentin near Wismar from 1689. His parents were the Prussian Lieutenant General Eduard von Müller (1841-1932) and his wife Marie Schweickhardt (* 1850).
family
He married Olly Wessel on October 2, 1905 in Potsdam. The children Irmgard Ingeborg (* 1906) and Wolfgang (* 1910) emerged from the marriage.
coat of arms
Split; right in silver half a black comb-wheel at the gap, left in green a golden lion; on the helmet with blue and silver covers on the right and green and silver covers on the left, a growing golden lion.
Military career
Otto von Müller served as an officer in the Prussian military service since October 1892 in the 1st Guards Regiment on foot . On June 17, 1893 he was promoted to portepee ensign, on January 27, 1894 he was second lieutenant. He completed his three-year studies at the War Academy on March 18, 1903 with a promotion to first lieutenant. On March 21, 1908, he was transferred to the General Staff and was promoted to captain at the same time. Two years later he was transferred back to the 1st Guards Regiment on foot as a company commander. His last promotion was made on August 19, 1914 when he was promoted to major. Since June 30, 1914, he was in the direct service of the last German Crown Prince as a personal adjutant. He served in this position until he took his leave on November 26, 1918.
1912 Summer Olympics
At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 von Müller took part in the singles and doubles competition on the lawn. He reached the quarter-finals in the individual, but was eliminated there against the later finalist and silver medalist Harold Kitson from South Africa. With Heinrich Schomburgk he survived the first round of the doubles competition clearly, but in the round of 16 they then lost in four sets against the French Édouard Mény de Marangue and Albert Canet , who later won the bronze medal.
In 1913 he was also against Schomburgk in the final of the International German Championships in Hamburg .
Awards
At the end of the war Otto von Müller would have held the following medals and decorations:
- Knight IV class of the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle
- IV class of the Royal Prussian Order of the Crown
- Right knight of the Order of St. John
- Knights of the Hohenzollern House Order with swords
- Knight 1st class of the order of the Zähringer lion with swords
- Knight IV class of the Royal Bavarian Military Merit Order with swords and crown
- Knight 2nd class of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order
- Knight of the Royal Greek Order of the Redeemer
Web links
- ITF profile of Otto von Müller (English)
- Otto von Müller in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b GGT Letter Nobility Houses , 1918, ( p. 608 )
- ^ Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914 , Ed .: War Ministry , Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Son , Berlin 1914
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Otto von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jülich , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 1976 |
| Place of death | Grafrath |