Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen  
(17.12.1846 - 18.03.1922) 
place of birth:  Dresden, Sachsen  (Saxony)
Königreich Sachsen:  Generaladjutant SM,  Generaloberst


The Kingdom of Saxony's War Minister leading up to the Great War, Baron von Hausen also commanded an Imperial German field army during the first month of the War. He was born into the family of General Clemens von Hausen and Anna Wilhelmine von Ammon. His brothers Lothar and Arndt were also generals in the Saxon Army. As an adult, Max von Hausen married Marie von Salviati, with whom he had three daughters. 

Max von Hausen initially served against the Prussians in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. He later fought with them as an ally during the
Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 as a junior infantry officer. Prior to the Great War, Hausen served for twelve years on the Prussian General Staff, then commanded a division and later an army corps. From August 1902 to 1906, he as Saxony's War Minister, and in 1910 he was promoted to adjutant general to the King of Saxony.

Mobilization for the Great War saw him in command of the Third Army (Saxon) which was strategically placed in the center of the Schlieffen Plan giant "wheel" as the Germans moved on Paris. His field army took part in the Battle of the Frontiers and the destruction of Reims. Hausen's bout with typhus suffered after seeing action on the Marne in September 1914 forced him to give up his command to the Prussian Karl von Einem. Even though following his recovery he pleaded with the Saxon King and Kaiser Wilhelm II, he was never reinstated into active military service. Hausen later penned Memories of the Marne Campaign - 1914 and died on 18 March 1922 in Dresden.

	Generaloberst ....................	17.12.1910
	Eisernes Kreuz II ..............	Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871
	Militär-St-Heinrich ..........	04.09.1914  Ritter