Karl von Engelbrecht
(01.11.1846 - 02.08.1917)
place of birth:  Wesel
Königreich Preußen:  Militär-Attaché,  General à la suite SM,  General-Lieutenant

                            


General Karl von Engelbrecht served as military attaché General à la suite in Kaiser Wilhelm II.'s retinue. Engelbrecht was commissioned as a Sekonde-Lieutenant in 1865, serving with the Rheinisches Ulanen-Regeiment Nr. 7 in Saarbrücken. He went into battle with this regiment during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 (Deutsch-Französischer Krieg) and was decorated with the Iron Cross Second Class. Later, as a cavalry officer working with the Great General Staff, Engelbrecht was sent in 1882 to serve in Rome as the Kaiser's military attaché.

Engelbrecht remained in this assignment for the next 13 years, and he was an instrumental link in Chief of General Staff Alfred von Waldersee's plot to have newly-crowned Kaiser Wilhelm II. oust Reichskanzler Otto von Bismarck. Oberst Engelbrecht was brought back to Berlin in 1895 to function as aide-de-camp (Flügeladjutant) to the Kaiser, and with his promotion to Generalmajor on 18 April 1896 was elevated to General à la suite S.M.  He was additionally given command of 16. Kavallerie-Brigade from 16 June 1896 to 23 May 1898. He was subsequently designated General-Inspekteur of 4. Kavallerie-Inspektion, retiring from active duty on 6 June 1900.