Friedrich Fritz Aimé Clothar Hugo Graf von Baudissin
(03.04.1852 - 05.02.1921)
place of birth:  Gut Schierensee
Königreich Preußen:  Chef des Admiral-Stabes,  Admiral à la suite SM,  Admiral

                            


Friedrich Graf von Baudissin was an admiral in the Prussian naval forces and Admiral à la suite in Kaiser Wilhelm II.'s entourage prior to the Great War. He began his naval career in 1867 and was commissioned as an Unterleutnant zur See on 19 August 1871. He was dispatched to the South Pacific in 1884 to take command of the cruiser SMS Albatross and was engaged in the Samoan Crisis standoff with the U.S. and Britain. Baudissin later commanded the gunboat SMS Iltis, also in the Pacific.

From 1898 to 1902, Kapitän zur See von Baudissin piloted Kaiser Wilhelm II.'s yacht the Hohenzollern and simultaneously served as aide-de-camp to the Kaiser.  His promotion to Kontre-Admiral was on 22 June 1901. He then took command of the cruiser SMS Hansa, which sailed to ports throughout East Asia. Baudissin was promoted to Vize-Admiral on 27 January 1905 and assigned to Wilhelm II.'s royal suite and duty in the Admiralstab (Imperial Admiralty Staff). He was named Chef des Admiralstabes and promoted to Admiral on 27 January 1908. Graf von Baudissin retired from active duty (zur Disposition) in September 1909 and was decorated with the Schwarzer Adlerorden (Order of the Black Eagle), Prussia's highest order of chivalry.

	Admiral	27.01.1908
	Schwarzer Adler-Orden	04.03.1912