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Christian
Ewald Leopold von Kleist
(25.03.1824 - 29.12.1910)
place of birth: Stolp, Hinterpommern (Slupsk, PO)
Königreich
Preußen: KG,
General der Infanterie
General Ewald von Kleist served the Imperial German Army as
commander of the I. Army Corps from 1885 to 1887. His military career
prior to that had him serving in the Danish War of 1864
as an adjutant at Supreme Headquarters of the allied forces in
Schleswig-Holstein. He was subsequently engaged in the Austro-Prussian War of
1866, this time as a battalion commander, seeing action at Soor,
Königinhof, and Königgrätz. For
his valor and military leadership in those battles, von Kleist was
honored with the Pour le Merite medal.
After the war, von Kleist was
promoted through the ranks and received his colonelcy in 1869 when he
was selected to command Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 89. Oberst
von Kleist led these troops during the Franco-Prussian War of
1870-71, where they saw action in most of the major battles, including Toul,
Le Mans, and the siege of Metz.
Upon cease of hostilities, von Kleist commanded a brigade, then a
guards division, and ultimately was selected to succeed General Walther
von Gottberg as commander of I. Army Corps in Königsberg. He retired
from active duty in 1889 and then passed away in Potsdam at the close
of 1910. General von Kleist's son Friedrich served as a division
commander during the Great War.
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