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Friedrich Karl
Walter Degenhard Freiherr von Loë
(09.09.1828 - 06.07.1908)
place of birth: Schloß Allner,
Rheinprovinz (Rhenish Prussia)
Königreich
Preußen: KG, Generaladjutant
SM, Generalfeldmarschall
Imperial Prussian field marshal Walter Freiherr von Loë
served as adjutant to both Kaisers Wilhelm I. and Wilhelm II.
General von Loë was one of the few cavalry officers to be promoted to
the rank of Generalfeldmarschall. He was also the only catholic in the
Prussian army to ever receive promotion to that rank, and in that
context maintained a liaison role with the Vatican.
In 1848 and 1849, Sekonde-Lieutenant von Loë took
part in campaigns in Schleswig-Holstein, Dresden,
and in Baden. He also fought with Prince Albrecht
of Prussia in the Caucasus (1862), with General
Rose in Algiers (1864), and was engaged at Königgrätz
(1866). During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, von Loë was an
Oberst who saw plenty of action and was awarded the Iron Cross First
Class. In the post-war years, he continued his rise through the ranks. With a
promotion to Generalmajor, he was selected as General à la suite SM des
Kaiser und Königs (General à la suite in HM Wilhelm I.'s court) on 19 August
1876, and in 1879 was assigned command of 5. Infanterie-Division headquarters. On 18
September 1880, General von Loë was elevated to one of Wilhelm I.'s
Generaladjutanten, later receiving command of VIII. Armee-Korps headquarters in
Koblenz from 1884 through 1895. In 1890, he was decorated with Prussia's highest
order of chivalry, the Schwarzer Adler-Orden (Order of the Black
Eagle.) He then headed the
Oberkommando in den Marken (Supreme Command of Mark Brandenburg)
and was promoted to Generalfeldmarschall in January 1905.
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