Alfred Hermann Heinrich Graf und Burggraf zu Dohna-Schlobitten
(06.01.1852 - 16.12.1929)
place of birth:  Brunau
Königreich Preußen:  Generaladjutant SM,  General der Kavallerie z.D.


General Alfred zu Dohna-Schlobitten who during the Battle of Tannenberg served as adjutant on the 8. Armee-Oberkommando General Staff. Alfred enlisted into a dragoon regiment at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 (Deutsch-Französischer Krieg) and was commissioned as a Sekonde-Lieutenant on 27 September 1870. After the hostilities in France, he continued advancing in his career as a cavalry officer and in March 1900 was given command of Leib-Garde Husaren Regiment in Potsdam. Kaiser Wilhelm II. brought him on as Flügeladjutant (Aide-de-Camp) in 1901.  Dohna headed up 4. Garde-Kavallerie-Brigade from 1904 to 1907 and then took command of Garde-Kavallerie-Division in Berlin.

After promotion to Generalleutnant in 1910, he was elevated in 1911 to General à la suite in Wilhelm II's headquarters and dispatched as Militär-Bevollmächtiger (plenipotentiary) to St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1913, he returned to Berlin for promotion to General der Kavallerie and to serve as Generaladjutant in court, retiring from active duty in April 1914. He nonetheless remained on the official listing of the Kaiser's adjutants. As Germany mobilized for War, he was reactivated to function as adjutant to 8. Armee commander Max von Prittwitz and remained in this function when Hindenburg took command of the formation in time to fight the Battle of Tannenberg. Graf von Dohna later briefly served as acting commander of Garde-Korps during the 1917 Battle in Flanders. Following the armistice, he moved to Schloss Finckenstein where he passed away shortly before his 78th birthday in December 1929

	General der Kavallerie	16.06.1913
	Kriegs-Denkmünze	Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871