Manfred Karl Ernst Freiherr von Richthofen 
(24.05.1855 - 28.11.1939)
place of birth:  Gut Barzdorf, Schlesien  (Bartoszcówek, Poland)
Königreich Preußen:  General der Kavallerie


Prussian cavalry officer Manfred von Richthofen commanded a cavalry corps and reserve corps during the First World War. Prior to the hostilities, Baron von Richthofen simultaneously served as head of the prestigious Regiment der Gardes du Corps and aide-de-camp in Kaiser Wilhelm II's imperial entourage. Prussian Chief of General Staff Karl von Grolman was Freiherr von Richthofen's grandfather. In turn, Richthofen was the adoptive father and uncle of Second World War Luftwaffe Commander, Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen. He was also the great uncle of his more famous namesake and world renowned fighter pilot, the Red Baron.

On Germany's day of mobilization, Generalleutnant von Richthofen was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Corps (HKK1) which initially fought in support of Exzellenz von Hausen's Third Army as they advanced through Belgium and on southward toward the River Marne. In November 1914, Richthofen's HKK1 was transferred to the Eastern Front. There his troops played a key role during the Battle of Lodz as von Scheffer-Boyadel's encircled XXV. Reserve Corps was able to punch through the Russian First and Second Armies and secure a costly victory for the German Ninth Army. As the War progressed, von Richthofen also had charge of the XXV. Reserve Corps and later Generalkommando Nr. 53. At War's end, Baron von Richthofen surrendered the Berlin Palace without defending it, preferring rather to preserve the edifice and artwork therein. General von Richthofen died in November 1939 at his Barzdorf estate near present-day Targoszyn, Poland.

	General der Kavallerie ....	16.09.1917
	Pour le Mérite ....................	18.01.1918