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Theodor von Wundt
(14.06.1825 - 22.07.1883)
place of birth: Stuttgart, Württemberg
Königreich
Württemberg: Kriegsminister,
General-Lieutenant
Generalleutnant Theodor von Wundt served as Württemberg's Minister of War
during the inter-War years. Wundt entered military service in 1840 and saw
action during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, serving on the general
staff of Württemberg's Field Division headquarters. Following the war, Wundt was
transferred to Württemberg's War Ministry in Stuttgart and was granted German
nobility status in 1868 when awarded the Knight's Cross of Württemberg's
Order of the Crown.
Von Wundt remained at the War
Ministry during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, using his
outstanding administrative and organizational skills to facilitate the
reorganization of Württemberg's military forces and its integration into the
Germany Imperial Army. In 1874, he was selected to provisionally replace Albert
von Suckow as Württemberg Minister of War. With his promotion to General-Lieutenant
in 1879, von Wundt was officially appointed Minister of War.
He
suffered severe stomach ailments, however, and passed away during a
convalescent stay in Switzerland in 1883. General-Lieutenant von Wundt was replaced
at the War Ministry by Gustav von Steinheil. War Minister von Wundt's father was
also named Theodor Wundt and served in the Württemberg military forces at the
rank of
Generalmajor. General-Lieutenant von Wundt son, also named Theodor, he served during the
Great War as a commander of a reserve infantry division.
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