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Pages in category "Saxon generals" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ernst Ludwig von Aster; C.
The Royal Saxon Army (German: Königlich Sächsische Armee) was the military force of the Electorate (1682–1807) and later the Kingdom of Saxony (1807–1918). A regular Saxon army was first established in 1682 and it continued to exist until the abolition of the German monarchies in 1918.
Christian Friedrich Erndel (born 1683 in Dresden; died 23 January 1767 in Dresden-Neustadt) was a Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Major-General of the Artillery Corps. Life [ edit ]
Johann Adolf, Freiherr von Thielmann (27 April 1765 – 10 October 1824) was a Saxon general who served with Saxony, Prussia and France during the Napoleonic Wars. [ a ] [ b ] Biography
Around the center medallion was a blue-enameled gold ring bearing on the obverse the words "FRIDR•AUG•D•G•REX•SAX•INSTAURAVIT" and on the reverse the motto "VIRTUTI IN BELLO" ("Bravery in War"). On the obverse, the medallion was yellow-enameled with a painted portrait of St. Henry, the last Saxon Holy Roman Emperor. On the reverse ...
On 1 April 1887 another Saxon division was formed (32nd (3rd Royal Saxon) Infantry Division headquartered in Bautzen [3] [4]) and assigned to the Corps. As the German Army expanded in the latter part of the 19th Century, the XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps was set up on 1 April 1899 in Leipzig as the Generalkommando ( headquarters ) for the western ...
On 23 January 1918, he was promoted to the rank of Charakter of Generaloberst (an honorary rank). After the armistice, the Allies wanted to try d'Elsa as a war criminal for his alleged role in atrocities committed against Belgian civilians. [1] From 1918 to 1922, d'Elsa was president of the Saxon War Veterans' Association. He retired from the ...
In 1879, he entered the Saxon army. From 1885 to 1888 Carlowitz studied at the Prussian military academy in Berlin and afterwards served on the Imperial German General Staff. By 1913, he had become Lieutenant general and in May 1914, he succeeded Max von Hausen as Minister of War of the Kingdom of Saxony.