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Ernst Franz Kaspar Freiherr von Barth zu Harmating
(13.07.1849 - 29.08.1934)
place of birth: Eurasburg, Oberbayern
Königreich
Bayern: Generalstabschef,
Generalleutnant
General Ernst Freiherr von Barth served for four years as Royal
Bavarian Army chief of general staff. Ernst was the son of Bavarian landowner
Anton von Barth zu Harmating and his wife Flora von Krauß, the granddaughter of
Bavaria's first War Minister Johann Nepomuk von Triva. Ernst's twin brother Hugo
also served and attained the rank of Generalmajor.
Freiherr von Barth
began his military career just after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866
when he joined the Infanterie-Leib-Regiment in Munich as an officer candidate.
He then deployed to France during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and
saw action in battles at Wörth, Beaumont, Sedan and during the siege of Paris.
Back in Bavaria, he rose steadily through the ranks with postings at General
Staff headquarters in Munich and as General von Xylander's II. Armeekorps chief
of staff in Würzburg. In the fall of 1901, Freiherr von Barth was promoted to
Generalmajor and selected to replace Karl Ritter von Lobenhoffer as Bavarian
chief of general staff, a position he held for almost four years. When he
retired from active duty in 1905, Generalleutnant von Barth was honored with the
brevet rank of General der Infanterie.
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