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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 Corps 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 3rd Guards Foot Regiment 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. Army Corps headquarters in Königsberg. He was
transferred to Posen in 1899 in order to command V. Army
Corps headquartered in that city. Ferdinand von Stülpnagel received his
final promotion to General der Infanterie in 1900, and remained in
command of V. Army Corps 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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