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Gustav Emil Bernhard Bodo von Kessel
(06.04.1846 - 28.04.1918)
place of birth: Potsdam, Brandenburg
Königreich
Preußen: Generaladjutant
SM, Generaloberst
Prussian
Generaloberst von Kessel served as adjutant for Kaiser
Wilhelm II during the Great War. Gustav was born
the son of Major General Emil von Kessel and his wife Julie von
Canstein. Following studies at the Ritterakademie in Liegnitz, he
entered the military in 1864 by joining as a grenadier with the 1st
Foot Guard Regiment in his hometown of Potsdam. A couple years later
found him engaged with his regiment in the Austro-Prussian
War of 1866, where he was wounded during the Battle
of Königgrätz. He served as his uncle
Colonel Bernhard von Kessel's adjutant while fighting the French in the
Franco- Prussian War of 1870/71, again
receiving war wounds during the Battle of Gravelotte and St.
Privat.
The
inter-war period in Prussia provided von Kessel a fast
track for his military career, with assignments in the Great General
Staff and within Berlin's Guard Corps. Concurrent with his service time
in the Guard Corps, von Kessel was brought in to the royal house as an
adjutant to the future Kaiser Friedrich III. As aide-de-camp to
Friedrich III. during his 99-day reign, von Kessel remained in this
posting as Friedrich was succeeded by Kaiser Wilhelm II. In 1896, von
Kessel was appointed the Kaiser's Adjutant General, remaining in the
adjutancy until his death. From 1909 until 1918, General von Kessel
headed the Supreme Command of Mark Brandenburg, simultaneously serving
as Governor of Berlin. He was thus responsible for implementing the
military measures needed to quell strikes and social unrest in Berlin
in January 1918.
General von Kessel was married to Friedrike von Esebeck.
They had one daughter, Elisabeth, who became a noted artist. The
general passed away in Berlin on 28 May 1918, shortly before
hostilities of the Great War were brought to a
close.
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Generaloberst |
27.01.1911 |
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Erinnerungs-Kreuz |
Deutscher Krieg 1866 |
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Eisernes
Kreuz II |
Deutsch-Französischer
Krieg 1870–1871 |
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Schwarzer Adler-Orden |
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