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Ludwig
Samson Heinrich Arthur Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen
(18.06.1815 - 26.04.1881)
place of birth: Darmstadt
Königreich
Bayern: KG,
Generaladjutant SM, General der Infanterie
Royal Bavarian General der Infanterie Ludwig von der Tann
commanded I. Bavarian Armee-Korps during the Franco-Prussian
War of 1870-71. His brothers Hugo and Rudolph were Bavarian
generals as well. He launched his career in 1827 as a page at the
Bavarian court, after which he joined the officer corps and took part
in the First Schleswig War of 1848 as a commander of an irregular unit of
Prussian volunteers. As Bavarian King Maximilian II. Joseph's Generaladjutant,
Tann was deployed as a military observer during the
Second Schleswig War of
1864. Later, during Austro-Prussian War of 1866, Tann believed it was a
mistake for Bavaria to ally itself with Austria in the fight against their
Germanic brothers of the Prussian kingdom's far-superior military forces. He
nonetheless went into battle against the Prussians, serving as Bavarian Prinz
Karl's chief of staff in the Westdeutsche Armee.
At the start of 1869, von der
Tann-Rathsamhausen, as he was now called, assumed command of Bavaria's I. Armee-Korps which was headquartered in Munich. He led these
troops into battle during the Franco-Prussian War
and continued in their command until his death in 1881 at Merano, Italy.
Prussian Kaiser Wilhelm I. awarded him the Pour le Merite,
and he also received the Grand Cross of the Bavarian Military Order.
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