Karl Ritter von Riedl
(09.06.1862 - 20.11.1919)
place of birth:  Memmingen, Bayern  (Bavaria)
Königreich Bayern:  Div-Kdr,  Generalleutnant


Royal Bavarian lieutenant general commanding an infantry brigade from the Metz Fortress at the outset of the War. By summer of 1916, he was promoted to division-level commander and later lead the 6th Royal Bavarian Infantry Division until becoming seriously ill in May 1918. General von Riedl was the son of Andreas Riedl and Aline née Mayr. He and his spouse, Emma Preusser, had three sons.

For his bravery and meritorious leadership in battle, he was awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) of Bavaria's highest military order - the Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden. He was officially presented with the decoration on 07.08.1915 and enrolled into Bavaria's nobility class in September. Generalleutnant von Riedl died in Munich in November 1919.

 
 
Generalleutnant  17.01.1917

Militär-Max-Joseph  24.08.1914  Ritter
 
 
 

  
 
Curriculum Vitae
   
07.08.1880 Portepée-Fähnrich
23.11.1882 Sekonde-Lieutenant
01.10.1888 Bayerische Kriegsakademie - München  (graduated Sept 1891)
21.11.1891 Premier-Lieutenant
07.11.1896 Hauptmann
00.00.1905 Königlich Bayerisches 16. Infanterie-Regiment ,,Großherzog Ferdinand von Toskana” - Passau  (Bn Cdr)
08.03.1905 Major
00.00.1905 Königlich Bayerisches 23. Infanterie-Regiment  - Landau  (Bn Cdr)
05.06.1907 Königlich Bayerische Kriegschule - München (Commandant)
12.08.1908 Oberstleutnant
23.10.1910 Königlich Bayerisches 5. Infanterie-Regiment ,,Großherzog Ernst Ludwig von Hessen” - Bamberg  (Cdr)
23.10.1910 Oberst
27.03.1913 8. Königlich Bayerische Infanterie-Brigade - Festung Metz  (Cdr)
07.01.1914 Generalmajor
   
Great War
   
02.08.1914 8. Königlich Bayerische Infanterie-Brigade
08.09.1915 in den persönlichen Adelstand erhoben  (elevated into the Bavarian nobility, MMJO)
25.07.1916 22. Reserve-Division  (replaced Otto Riemann)
22.12.1916 39. Königlich Bayerische Reserve-Division  (replaced Friedrich Grüber)
17.01.1917 Generalleutnant
25.09.1917 6. Königlich Bayerische Infanterie-Division  (replaced Ignaz Frh von Godin)
25.05.1918 convalescent leave
08.05.1919 zur Disposition gestellt
   
   
 

16.05.1914
 

 

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