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Friedrich
von Scholl
(25.10.1846 - 02.10.1928)
place of birth: Darmstadt
Königreich
Preußen: Generaladjutant
SM, Generaloberst (Kav)
Prussian
cavalry officer Friedrich von Scholl functioned as Kaiser
Wilhelm II's Adjutant General at his Potsdam headquarters. He
additionally served as commander of the Leib-Gendarmerie and
General-Kapitän of the Schloß and Leib-Garde. He entered military service in
1863 with the 2. Reiter-Regiment of the Hessian Army and was commissioned in
1865 as a Sekonde-Lieutenant. Scholl fought against Prussia during the
Austro-Prussian War of 1866 (Deutscher Krieg), but transferred to the
Prussian Army following the hostilities.
In the Franco-Prussian
War of 1870-71 (Deutsch-Französischer Krieg), Scholl took part in
several key battles, including at Gravelotte, Orléans, and the
Siege of Metz. In the years after the Kaiserproklamation
(Imperial Proclamation in Versailles), Scholl was elevated into the German
nobility. Following the death of Wilhelm I., he was selected in July 1888 as
aide-de-camp to the newly-crowned Kaiser Wilhelm II. and remained within the
Kaiser's retinue for the next 30 years. As such, von Scholl was also in command
of Prussia's Leibgendarmerie and Generalkapitän of the Schloßgarde.
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