Georg Hermann von Broizem
(5.10.1850 - 11.3.1918)
place of birth:  Leipzig, Sachsen  (Saxony)
Königreich Sachsen:  General der Kavallerie


On mobilization day, Saxon General of Cavalry Hermann von Broizem was brought out of retirement to serve most of the Great War as Deputy Commanding General of XII. Army Corps. Von Broizem was one of seven children born into the home of Eduard von Broizem, an attorney working in the Saxon Finance Ministry, and Baroness Bertha von Seckendorf. He entered military service in 1868 as an officer candidate attached to the 1st Royal Saxon Guards Heavy Cavalry Regiment, a unit he would later command. Von Broizem also saw action with this regiment during the Franco-Prussian War 1870/71. In 1877, he married Duchess Alexandra Fersen, with whom he had four sons and three daughters.

As Acting Commanding General of XII. Army Corps, von Broizem remained on the home-front in support of Generals Karl d'Elsa and Horst Edler von der Planitz until succumbing to heart-related complications in March of 1918. Working out of XII. Army Corps headquarters in Dresden, General von Broizem, along with Deputy Commander General von Schweinitz (XIX. Army Corps - Leipzig) and Interior Minister Christoph Graf von Vitzthum von Eckstadt wielded virtual dictatorial powers over the Kingdom of Saxony during the Great War years.

	General der Kavallerie ....	28.10.1904
	Eisernes Kreuz II ..............	Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871