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Heinrich Helmuth Otto
Eduard Bruno Freiherr von Steinäcker
(30.11.1818 - 26.12.1896)
place of birth: Ludwigslust
Königreich
Preußen: Generaladjutant SM, General der
Infanterie ch.
Eduard von Steinäcker was a Prussian adjutant general serving under Kaiser
Wilhelm I. He additionally headed Prussia's Commission on Military Orders.
Steinäcker joined up with 7. Infanterie-Regiment in 1836 and was commissioned as
a Sekonde-Lieutenant three years later. It was noted that he was rather sickly
for a soldier, a factor which prevented him from being trusted with higher level
commands in the course of his 60-year military career. He was promoted to Major
in March 1860 and selected as personal adjutant to the Prince Regent, future
King Wilhelm I.
When Wilhelm I. took the throne
one year later, Steinäcker was brought along as one of the King's aide-de-camps.
Along with this courtly duty, he was additionally selected in 1866 to command
the elite Schloßgarde-Kompanie, the unit charged with guarding the
royal residences and gardens. He went to battle later that same year in the
Austro-Prussian War of 1866 (Deutscher Krieg). As the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71
(Deutsch-Französischer Krieg) was launched a few years after,
von Steinäcker was promoted to Generalmajor and designated General
à la suite in the King's entourage. He thus served in Wilhelm's
Great Headquarters during the war, engaged in the Battle of Gravelotte
and the Siege of Paris.
At war's end, the
German Empire was proclaimed and Freiherr von Steinäcker
was promoted to General-Lieutenant on 28.10.1875 and in 1878 was elevated to
Generaladjutant. Retaining this position, he was designated on 20.06.1882
to succeed Bernhard von Kessel as President of the Commission on Military Orders
(Präses der
General-Ordens-Kommission).
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