| The Prussian Machine - Generals |
Felix Graf von Bothmer
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(1.12.1852 - 18.3.1937) place of birth: Munich (Bavaria) Resourceful and highly decorated Bavarian colonel general who served most of his pre-war career in the Royal Bavarian Leib-Regiment. He was born into the Munich home of Generalleutnant Graf Max von Bothmer and his wife Laura Reichert. Felix later married Auguste Baldinger and the couple had two daughters. He began his military career in 1871, receiving his commission during the Franco-Prussian War. He rose to the rank of general of infantry prior to the Great War, commanding an infantry division until being placed on inactive reserves in 1910. He also simultaneously served as Generalkapitän of the Bavarian King's honorary guards, die Hartschiere, from 1909 to 1918.
General von Bothmer was
reactivated as the Germans mobilized in late summer of 1914, but due to
a leg injury could not serve until that December, when he briefly took
over a Bavarian reserve division. He then moved on to command II.
Bavarian Reserve Corps which was entrusted with the defense of Carpathian passes
into Hungary. This force included II. Bavarian Corps, the
Prussian 1st Infantry Division, the 3rd Guards Division and the
Hungarian Honved Division. For almost three years, however, von
Bothmer commanded the Austro-German Süd-Armee, the Army of the South, which was
engaged in Galicia. There he teamed with General von Linsingen to fight off
Brusilov. After Russia sued for peace, von Bothmer finished up the
final year of the war as commanding general of the Nineteenth Army in Lorraine. Awarded Pour
le Merite in 1915 for distinguished service on the Dniester
and Gnila-Lipa. He died in Munich on 18 March 1937 and,
contrary to his family's wishes, was afforded a state burial from the
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