Leopold Wittelsbach ( German: Leopold Maximilian Joseph Maria Arnulf von Wittelsbach ; February 9, 1846 , Munich - September 28, 1930 , Munich ) - Prince of Bavaria, German military leader, Field Marshal of Bavaria (January 18, 1904) and Prussia (August 1, 1916).
| Leopold of Bavaria | |
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 Leopold of Bavaria with his wife and children | |
| Date of Birth | February 9, 1846 |
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| Date of death | September 28, 1930 (84 years old) |
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| Affiliation |  Prussia German Empire |
| Years of service | 1861 - 1913 1915 - 1919 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Battles / wars | Austro-Prussian-Italian War Franco-Prussian War World War I |
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Biography
The son of Prince Regent Luitpold and Augusta Ferdinand of Tuscany . Brother of the Bavarian King Ludwig III .
Service
In November 1861 he entered the 6th Jaeger battalion. As part of the 3rd artillery regiment, he participated in the Austro-Prussian war . During the Franco-Prussian war, commanded the 4th battery of the 3rd artillery regiment. October 10, 1870 was awarded the Order of St. George 4th degree. From February 1873 - commander of the 1st Bavarian cuirassier regiment, from 1875 - 1st Bavarian cavalry brigade. From 1881, commander of the 1st Bavarian division, from 1887 - commander of the 1st Bavarian army corps. Since 1892, Inspector General of the 4th Army Inspection. In March 1913 he retired.
In April 1915 he returned to active service. 04.16.1915-30.7.1916 commander of the 9th Army and the Army Group Prince Leopold, operating in Poland. August 9, 1915 awarded the Order of Pour le Mérite . He successfully directed the actions of the 9th Army in an attempt to break through the army's positions with the troops of the Russian Western Front near Baranovichi in June-September 1916 in the Baranavichy operation .
August 29, 1916 replaced Paul von Hindenburg as commander in chief in the East and held this post until the end of the war. December 20, 1916 received oak branches to the Order of Pour le Mérite . In 1916-1917 he successfully led the armies of the front, especially in 1917, when the decomposition of the Russian army reached its limit.
He led the German delegation at the peace talks in Brest-Litovsk . One of the organizers of the German-Austrian intervention against Soviet Russia . January 11, 1919 resigned. He died in 1930 in Munich.
Family
In 1873 he married Archduke Gisel , the eldest daughter of the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I. They had four children:
- Elizabeth ( 1874 - 1957 )
- Augustus ( 1875 - 1964 ) - wife of Archduke Joseph Augustus (1872-1962).
- Georg ( 1880 - 1943 )
- Conrad ( 1883 - 1969 )
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 122271122 // General Normative Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
Literature
- Zalessky K. A. Who was who in the First World War. - M .: AST ; Astrel, 2003 .-- 896 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-17-019670-9 (ACT); ISBN 5-271-06895-1 (Astrel).