List of German Field Marshals
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The following list of German Field Marshals denotes those who have held the German rank of Generalfeldmarschall.
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[edit] Electorate and Kingdom of Saxony
- 21 June 1631 - Johann Georg Graf von Arnim
- 24 November 1632 - Duke Franz Albrecht of Saxony-Lauenburg
- 19 October 1638 - Rudolf Graf von Morzin (also Morozin)
- 1 January 1666 - Ernst Albrecht Freiherr von Eberstein
- 28 August 1681 - Joachim Rüdiger Freiherr von der Goltz
- 8 September 1688 - Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming
- 9 April 1691 - Hans Adam von Schöning
- 10 May 1693 - Jeremias von Chauvet
- 30 September 1697 - Prince Heinrich VI of Reuss-Plauen
- 27 August 1699 - Adam Heinrich Graf von Steinau
- 3 December 1706 - Georg Benedikt Freiherr von Ogilvy
- 22 February 1712 - Jakob Heinrich Graf von Flemming
- 17 April 1730 - Christoph August Graf von Wackerbarth
- 26 November 1735 - Duke Johann Adolf II of Saxony-Weissenfels
- 11 January 1749 - Friedrich August Graf Rutowski
- 27 July 1763 - Johann Georg Chevalier de Saxe
- 6 January 1775 - Prince Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau
- 11 July 1871 - Crown Prince Albert (later King) of Saxony
- 15 June 1888 - Crown Prince Georg (later King) of Saxony
[edit] Electorate and Kingdom of Bavaria
[edit] Electorate of Brandenburg and Kingdom of Prussia
- 20 June 1657 - Otto Christoph von Sparr (1599-1668)
- 1670 - Georg Reichsfreiherr von Derfflinger (1606-1695)
- 24 January 1670 - Prince Johann Georg II of Anhalt-Dessau (1627-1693)
- 1688 - Hans Adam von Schöning (1641-1696)
- 1 May 1691 - Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming (1632-1706)
- Alexander Freiherr von Spaen (1619-1692)
- Prince Friedrich II of Hessen-Homburg (1633-1708)
- 1698 - Johann Albrecht Reichsgraf von Barfus (1634-1704)
- 23 March 1706 - Alexander Hermann Graf von Wartensleben (1650-1734)
- 1712 - Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau 1676-1747)
- 1713 - Carl Philipp Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum (1650-1719)
- 1713 - Alexander Graf zu Dohna (1661-1728
- 1733 - Albrecht Konrad Graf Finck von Finckenstein (1660-1735)
- 1737 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow (1678-1739
- Dubislaw Gneomar von Natzmer (1654-1739)
- 1739 - Erhard Ernst von Röder (1665-1743)
- 1740 - Hans Heinrich Graf von Katte (1681-1741)
- 1740 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684-1757)
- 1741 - Samuel Graf von Schmettau (1684-1751)
- 1742 - Caspar Otto von Glasenapp (1664-1747)
- 24 May 1747 - Henning Alexander von Kleist (1676-1749)
- 19 March 1745 - Wilhelm Dietrich von Buddenbrock (1672-1757)
- 1747 - Christoph Wilhelm von Kalckstein (1682-1759)
- 18 September 1747 - James Keith (1696-1758)
- 1751 - Friedrich Leopold Graf von Gessler (16881762)
- 1751 - Hans von Lehwaldt (1685-1768)
- 1757 - Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau (1712-1760)
- November 1758 - Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1721-1792)
- 1787 - Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1735-1806)
- 1793 - Wichard von Moellendorff (1724-1816)
- Alexander von Knobelsdorff (1723-1799)
- 1805 - Wilhelm Magnus von Brünnecke (1727-1817)
- 21 July 1807 Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière (1733-1811)
- 1807 Friedrich Adolf Graf von Kalckreuth (1737-1818)
- 19 October 1813 - Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819)
- 1821 - Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf, (1763-1823)
- 1821 - Johann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (1759-1830)
- 1825 - August Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760-1831)
- 1839 - Hans Ernst Karl Graf von Zieten (1770-1848)
- 8 July 1847 - Hermann von Boyen (1771-1848)
- 1847 - Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck (1768-1848)
- Karl Freiherr von Müffling (1775-1851)
- 14 March 1854 - Friedrich Karl Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1784-1859)
- 5 August 1856 - Friedrich Graf von Wrangel (1784-1877)
- 1913 - HRH King Constantine I of Greece (1868-1923)
- 27 January 1916 - HIM Sultan Mehmed V of Turkey (1844-1918)
- 6 September 1918 - HIM Sultan Mehmed VI of Turkey (1861-1926)
[edit] Imperial Germany
- 28 October 1870 - Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828-1885)
- 28 October 1870 - Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia (1831-1888)
- 8 April 1871 - Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1796-1884)
- 8 April 1871 - Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (1796-1877)
- 16 June 1871 - Helmuth Graf von Moltke (1800-1891)
- 11 July 1871 - Crown Prince Albert (later King) of Saxony
- 1 January 1873 - Albrecht Graf von Roon (1803-1879)
- 1873 - Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809-1885)
- 1888 - Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom)[1]
- 15 March 1888 - Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810-1900)
- 15 March 1888 - Crown Prince Georg of Saxony
- 19 June 1888 - Prince Albrecht of Prussia
- 19 June 1888 - Archduke Albrecht of Austria
- 27 February 1895 - Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary (1830-1916)
- 6 May 1900 - Alfred Graf von Waldersee (1832-1904)
- 1 January 1905 - Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler (1836-1919)
- 1 January 1905 - Wilhelm von Hahnke (1833-1912)
- 1 January 1905 - Walter Freiherr von Loë (1828-1908)
- 9 September 1906 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
- 20 April 1909 - King Carol I of Romania
- 1 January 1911 - Max von Bock und Pollach
- 1 January 1911 - Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (1833-1913)
- 1 January 1911 - Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (1843-1916)
- 16 May 1911 - King George V of the United Kingdom
- 11 September 1912 - King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
- 8 August 1913 - King Constantine I of Greece
- 2 November 1914 - Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934)
- 27 January 1915 - Karl von Bülow (1846-1921)
- 22 June 1915 - Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
- 22 June 1915 - August von Mackensen (1849-1945)
- 26 June 1915 - Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1845-1921)
- 23 July 1916 - William II of Württemberg (1848-1921)
- 1 August 1916 - Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (1869-1955)
- 1 August 1916 - Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846-1930)
- 1 August 1916 - Duke Albrecht of Württemberg (1865-1939)
- 18 January 1916 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria
- 1 February 1916 - Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire
- 1916 - Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852-1925)
- 12 February 1917 - Emperor Karl of Austria (1887-1922)
- 18 December 1917 - Hermann von Eichhorn (1848-1918)
- 31 December 1917 - Remus von Woyrsch (1847-1920)
[edit] National Socialist Germany
- 20 April 1936 - Werner von Blomberg (1878-1946)
- 4 February 1938 - Hermann Göring (1893-1946)
- 19 July 1940 - Walther von Brauchitsch (1881-1948)
- 19 July 1940 - Albert Kesselring (1885-1960)
- 19 July 1940 - Wilhelm Keitel (1882-1946)
- 19 July 1940 - Günther von Kluge (1882-1944)
- 19 July 1940 - Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876-1956)
- 19 July 1940 - Fedor von Bock (1880-1945)
- 19 July 1940 - Wilhelm List (1880-1971)
- 19 July 1940 - Erwin von Witzleben (1881-1944)
- 19 July 1940 - Walther von Reichenau (1884-1942)
- 19 July 1940 - Erhard Milch (1892-1972)
- 19 July 1940 - Hugo Sperrle (1885-1953)
- 19 July 1940 - Gerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953)
- 31 October 1940 - Eduard Freiherr von Böhm-Ermolli (1856-1941)
- 22 June 1942 - Erwin Rommel (1891-1944)
- 30 June 1942 - Georg von Küchler (1881-1968)
- 1 July 1942 - Erich von Manstein (1887-1973)
- 31 January 1943 - Friedrich Paulus (1890-1957)
- 1 February 1943 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881-1954)
- 1 February 1943 - Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs (1881-1954)
- 1 February 1943 - Ernst Busch (1885-1945)
- 16 February 1943 - Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895-1945)
- 1 March 1944 - Walther Model (1891-1945)
- 5 April 1945 - Ferdinand Schörner (1892-1973)
- 25 April 1945 - Robert Ritter von Greim (1892-1945)
