Christian Wilhelm Freiherr von Jeetze
(27.12.1785 - 12.04.1852)
place of birth:  Potsdam, Brandenburg  (Prussia)
Königreich Bayern:  Generalstabschef, Generalmajor

                            


Wilhelm von Jeetze headed up Bavarian General Staff headquarters 1847-1848. Wilhelm was born into the Prussian nobility of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Since that area was part of France in the early 1800s, Jeetze initially entered military service with the French Army. He transferred to a Bavarian military unit in 1815 and was soon additionally enrolled in the Bavarian nobility. He attained the rank of Generalmajor by 1847 and was then selected as Generalquartiermeister, the office which at that time headed up Bavaria's General Staff. His son Theodor (1811-1883) also served in the Bavarian Army as a Generalleutnant and adjutant to King Ludwig I.