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Wilhelm Konrad August von Heuduck
(05.04.1821 - 20.11.1899)
place of birth: Breslau
Königreich
Preußen: KG,
General der Cavallerie
Cavalry officer Wilhelm von Heuduck was the commander of Prussia's XV. Armeekorps
from 1885 to 1890. Wilhelm was the son of Prussian Generalmajor Konrad von
Heuduck. Having completed prep training at the Berliner Kadettenhaus, von
Heuduck was commissioned into the army on 15 August 1838 as a Sekonde-Lieutenant
in the 9. Husaren-Regiment. He was engaged in suppressing insurgent forces
during the German Revolution of 1848-1849 (Deutsche Revolution) and was
injured at Kuppenheim when his horse was shot out from under him.
Von Heuduck was transferred in 1860 to 7.
Dragoner-Regiment in Stendal. It was with this unit that he
returned to the battlefield during the Danish War of 1864
(Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg), seeing action at sites such as Sandberg and
Düppeler Schanzen (Dybbol). The Austro-Prussian War of 1866 (Deutscher Krieg)
saw him functioning as Commandant of Brünn. He was tasked in 1867 with command
of 1. Hessisches Husaren-Regiment Nr. 13 and lead these cavalry troops into
battle during the
Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 (Deutsch-Französischer Krieg). Following the
Imperial Proclamation in Versailles (Kaiserproklamation), he was
charged with command of 21. Kavallerie-Brigade in Frankfurt am Main (1873-76).
With a promotion to General-Lieutenant in 1884, von
Heuduck was sent to the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine to head
up the cavalry troops assigned to XV. Armeekorps. When Generalfeldmarschall von
Manteuffel died on 17 June 1885, von Heuduck was named as his successor in
command of XV. Armeekorps headquarters in Strasbourg. He retained this posting
for five years and retired from military service in November 1890. General von
Heuduck's two sons, Konrad (1858–1928) and Hans (1861–1930), both served in the
Prussian military at the rank of Generalleutnant.
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