Hans Georg Hermann von Plessen 
(26.11.1841 - 28.1.1929)
place of birth:  Berlin-Spandau


Kaiser Wilhelm II's orderly aide-de-camp who had replaced general Adolf von Wittich in 1888. Plessen was a veteran of the War of 1864 versus Denmark, when Kaiser Wilhelm I awarded him a gift sword to commemorate his bravery. He was know to have been very anxious for war, especially against England. By 1918, he was the German Army's oldest living officer, remaining utterly devoted to the Kaiser until his exile.

Von Plessen came from Mecklenburg-Holsteinisch nobility. He married Elisabeth von Langenbeck in January 1874, who was the daughter of the university professor and renowned surgeon Dr med Bernhard von Langenbeck. General von Plessen served as "diensttuender Generaladjutant" (Orderly Adjutant General) from 1892, and was also the Commandant of the Kaiser's Great Headquarters for a time, thus making him one of Wilhelm II's closest confidants.