Eduard Friedrich Karl von Fransecky
(16.11.1807 - 22.05.1890)
place of birth:  Gedern, Hessen  (Hessia)
Königreich Preußen:  KG,  General der Infanterie

                            


General of Infantry Eduard von Fransecky
served as an officer in the Imperial German Army from 1825 through 1879, when he was selected as Governor of Berlin. He headed a division during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and commanded the Second Army Corps during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Thereafter, Kaiser Wilhelm I appointed von Fransecky to command the newly-formed XV. Armeekorps with its headquarters in Strasbourg. He additionally served as Governor of Berlin from 1879 to 1882.

     
     

General der Infanterie  26.07.1871
Erinnerungs-Kreuz Deutscher Krieg  1866

Pour le Mérite  20.09.1866  (Eichenlaub:  05.02.1871)
Eisernes Kreuz I  Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871
Schwarzer Adler-Orden 23.11.1882