Edwin Ottomar von Stülpnagel
(24.11.1876 - 6.3.1933)
place of birth:  Berlin


General Edwin von Stülpnagel served in the Imperial Prussian military officer corps during the Great War and was a military leader in the Weimar Republic. He was the son of Prussian Colonel Otto von Stülpnagel and Ida Michaelis. His younger brother Otto was also a Wehrmacht commander during the Second World War. Edwin von Stülpnagel's military career began in 1893 as his joined the 2nd Foot-Guards Regiment in Berlin. After time at the Prussian Military Academy and at Great General Staff Headquarters, he saw service as a staff officer at both the divisional and corps level.

During the Great War, Stülpnagel worked as General von Lochow's III. Corps chief of staff beginning in 1916. In 1918, he became the fourth member of the Stülpnagel family to be awarded the Pour le Merite, this for his service as VI. Reserve-Corps chief of staff under General von dem Borne. He continued his military service in the Reichswehr following the Armistice, and retired from active duty in 1931 at the rank of Generalleutnant. In 1928, he wed Mamie Ostermann von Roth, nee Bareiss, who lived until 1981.