Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel
| Edwin von Manteuffel | |
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| Born |
24 February 1809 Dresden, Saxony |
| Died | 17 June 1885 (aged 76) Karlsbad, Bohemia |
| Buried at | Frankfurt Main Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Prussia German Empire
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| Service/branch |
Prussian Army Imperial German Army |
| Years of service | 1827–1885 |
| Rank | Generalfeldmarschall |
| Commands held | IX (Schleswig-Holstein) Corps I Corps I Army Army of the South Army of Occupation |
| Battles/wars |
Second Schleswig War Austro-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War |
| Awards |
Grand Cross of the Iron Cross Pour le Mérite Order of the Black Eagle |
Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (24 February 1809 – 17 June 1885) was a German Generalfeldmarschall noted for his victories in the Franco-Prussian War.
Son of the president of the superior court of Magdeburg, he was born at Dresden, and brought up with his cousin, Otto von Manteuffel (1805–1882), the Prussian statesman, entered the guard cavalry at Berlin in 1827, and became an officer in 1828. After attending the War Academy for two years, and serving successively as aide-de-camp to General von Müffling and to Prince Albert of Prussia, he was promoted captain in 1843 and major in 1848, when he became aide-de-camp to Frederick William IV, whose confidence he had gained during the revolutionary movement in Berlin.
Promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1852, and colonel (and commanding officer of the 5th Uhlans) in 1853, he was sent on important diplomatic missions to Vienna and St Petersburg. In 1857 he was promoted to major-general and chief of the Prussian Military Cabinet (the King's military advisers). He gave strong support to the Prince Regent's plans for the reorganization of the army. In 1861 he was violently attacked in a pamphlet by Karl Twesten (1820–1870), a Liberal leader, whom he wounded in a duel, for which Manteuffel insisted in being briefly imprisoned. He served as lieutenant-general (to which rank he was promoted on the coronation of William I, on 18 October 1861) in the Danish war of 1864, and at its conclusion was appointed civil and military governor of Schleswig. In the Austrian War of 1866 he first occupied Holstein and afterwards commanded a division under Vogel von Falkenstein in the Hanoverian campaign, and succeeded him, in July, in command of the Army of the Main (see Seven Weeks' War).
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