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Karl
Alexander Friedrich August Graf Finck von Finckenstein
(29.07.1835 - 20.08.1915)
place of birth: Madlitz
Königreich
Preußen: KG, General
à la suite SM, General der Infanterie
Karl Finck von Finckenstein served as a Prussian general officer and
commander of I. Army Corps in Königsberg from 1895 to 1902. He began his career
as a commissioned officer in 1954, joining up with the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß
in Potsdam. He saw action with this regiment during the
Austro-Prussian War of 1866, with
engagements at Soor and Königgrätz. During the
Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, Finck functioned as a company commander and
was wounded at St. Privat.
After the War, he was first sent to Vienna,
Austria as military attaché and then later served as aide-de-camp in
Kaiser Wilhelm I.'s entourage. From July 1887 through March 1890,
Finck served at Prussian Great General Staff as Inspector General of Jäger and
Schützen. He proceeded from there to
command 17th Infantry Division in Schwerin and finally as commanding general I.
Armeekorps, before retiring from active duty in January 1901.
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