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Ferdinand
Wolf Konstantin Karl von Stülpnagel
(07.10.1842 - 24.12.1912)
place of birth: Berlin
Königreich
Preußen: KG,
General der Infanterie
Ferdinand von Stülpnagel was a Prussian general officer and
corps commander who served in pre-Great War Germany. His father Wolf
Louis Ferdinand commanded XIII. Army-Korps from 1871 to 1873, while his
grandfather Wolf Wilhelm Ferdinand had also served as a Prussian
general in the War Ministry.
As a young officer, von Stülpnagel
saw military action during the Danish
War of 1864, as well as the Austro-Prussian
War of 1866. He additionally served as a company commander in the 3. Garde-Regiment
zu Fuß during the Franco-Prussian War
of 1870-71. In peace-time Germany, von Stülpnagel became General Ewald
von Kleist's chief of staff at I. Armee-Korps headquarters in Königsberg. He was
transferred to Posen in 1899 in order to command V. Armee-Korps headquartered in that city. Ferdinand von Stülpnagel received his
final promotion to General der Infanterie in 1900, and remained in
command of V. Armee-Korps until his retirement from active duty in 1906.
He passed away and was laid to rest in his hometown of Berlin in
December 1912.
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