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Karl Ritter von Endres
(02.10.1847 - 24.12.1907)
place of birth: München, Bayern
Königreich
Bayern: Generalstabschef,
Generalleutnant
General Karl von Endres served from 1905 until his death in late
1907 as Bavarian Chief of General Staff. His brother Nikolaus also served in the
Bavarian military forces at the rank of General der Infanterie. As a 22-year
old, Karl von Endres volunteered for service in a Bavarian field artillery,
fighting alongside his Prussian counterparts during the Franco-Prussian
War of 1870-71.
Ritter von Endres's military career
saw him serving as Royal Bavarian I. Armee-Korps chief of staff. From 1901 to
1905, he worked in Berlin as Bavaria's military plenipotentiary
at Great General Staff headquarters. He returned to Bavaria to command an
infantry division, and in September 1905 Generalleutnant von Endres was selected to replace General
Freiherr von Barth as the head of Bavaria's War Ministry.
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