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Years of service
  
1821-72

Awards
  
Pour le Merite

Rank
  
General der Infanterie

Service/branch
  
Prussian Army

Commands held
  
IV Corps

Name
  
Gustav Alvensleben


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Born
  
30 September 1803 Eichenbarleben, Prussia (
1803-09-30
)

Battles/wars
  
Austro-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War

Relations
  
Constantin von Alvensleben

Died
  
June 30, 1881, Gernrode, Germany

Battles and wars
  
Austro-Prussian War, Franco-Prussian War

Similar People
  
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, William I, Franz Joseph I of Austria, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Ludwig von Benedek

Allegiance
  
Prussia, German Empire

Gustav von Alvensleben


Gustav von Alvensleben (30 September 1803 – 30 June 1881) was a Prussian General der Infanterie.

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Biography

Gustav von Alvensleben was born in Eichenbarleben, he joined the Prussian Army in 1821.

Alvensleben served in the Kaiser Alexander Guard Grenadierregiment No 1. In 1849 Alvensleben became Chief of Staff of the Prussian Corps in the insurrection in Baden and in 1850 Chief of Staff of the VIII Army Corps. Alvensleben became the military governor of the Prussian Rhine Province and Westphalia in 1854 and the personal adjutant of King William I of Prussia in 1861. In this position he signed the Alvensleben Convention with Russia to co-ordinate Russian and Prussian politics throughout the Polish January Uprising.

He served in the Royal headquarter in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and led the peace negotiatons with George V of Hanover. On 30 October 1866 he took over the command of the IV Corps. In 1868 Alvensleben was promoted to General der Infanterie and commanded the IV Corps in the Battles of Beaumont and Sedan in the Franco-Prussian War.

He retired on 10 October 1872 and died on 30 June 1881 in Gernrode.

References

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