Moritz von Spies

Moritz Ritter^[1] von Spies (December 31, 1805 – October 10, 1862) was a Bavarian Major General and War Minister for two times under Maximilian II of Bavaria.

Biography

Von Spies was born in Ansbach. After holding several officer positions in the Bavarian army, also in Greece, which was governed by prince regent Otto and in the federal war ministry of the Frankfurt Parliament, he became Major General in 1859 in the Generalquartiermeister staff. In 1860 he became commander of the genie troops. Von Spies served as war minister from June 12 to December 11, 1861 and from June 16 October 10, 1862 until his death. He died in Munich.^[2]

References and notes

^ Regarding personal names: Ritter is a title, translated approximately as Knight, not a first or middle name. There is no equivalent female form.
^ Spies, Moritz Ritter von, House of the Bavarian history (HdBG).

Government offices
Preceded by Ludwig von Lüder	Ministers of War (Bavaria) 1861	Succeeded by Hugo Ritter von Bosch (acting)
Preceded by Bernhard von Heß	Ministers of War (Bavaria) 1862	Succeeded by Bernhard von Heß (acting)

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Name	Spies, Moritz Ritter von
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Date of birth	December 31, 1805
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Date of death	October 10, 1862
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