Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen
| Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen | |
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| Born |
18 June 1815 Darmstadt |
| Died | 26 April 1881 (aged 65) Meran |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Bavaria German Empire
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| Service/branch |
Bavarian Army Imperial German Army |
| Rank | General of the Infantry |
| Commands held | I Royal Bavarian Corps |
| Battles/wars |
First Schleswig War Austro-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War |
| Awards |
Grandcross of the Military Order of Max Joseph Pour le Mérite Order of the Crown (Prussia) Order of the Red Eagle 1st class Iron Cross |
Ludwig Samson Heinrich Arthur Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (18 June 1815 – 26 April 1881) was a Bavarian general.
Born at Darmstadt, on the day of Waterloo, Ludwig von der Tann was a descendant from the old family of , which had branches in Bavaria, the Alsace and the Rhine provinces, and attached his mother's name (she being the daughter of an Alsatian nobleman, Freiherr von Rathsamhausen) to his father's in 1868 by licence of the king of Bavaria. Ludwig I, the second king of Bavaria, stood sponsor for the child, who received his name and also "Arthur", in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. He received a careful education, and in 1827 became a page at the Bavarian court, where a great future was predicted for him. Entering the artillery in 1833, he was after some years placed on the general staff. He attended the manoeuvres of the Austrian army in Italy under Radetzky and, in a spirit of adventure, joined a French military expedition operating in Algiers against the Tunisian frontier.
On his return he became a close personal friend of the Bavarian Crown Prince Maximilian (afterwards King Maximilian II). In 1848 he was promoted to major, and in that year he distinguished himself greatly as the leader of a Schleswig-Holstein light corps in the First Schleswig War between Denmark and a coalition of German states. At the close of the first campaign he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle by the king of Prussia, and his own sovereign awarded him the Military Order of Max Joseph and promoted him to lieutenant-colonel. In 1849 he served as chief of staff to the Bavarian contingent at the front and distinguished himself at the lines of Dybbøl. He then visited Haynau's headquarters in the Hungarian War before returning to Schleswig-Holstein to serve as von Willisen's chief of staff in the Idstedt campaign.
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