August Wilhelm Graf von Kanitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

August Wilhelm Graf von Kanitz

Prussian Minister of War

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1783

Place of Birth: PodÄ…gi, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 22-May-1852

Profession: politician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About August Wilhelm Graf von Kanitz

  • Graf August Karl Wilhelm von Kanitz (29 October 1783 – 22 May 1852) was a Prussian Lieutenant General and was also the Minister of War from 26 April to 16 June 1848 (without party affiliation) in the Camphausen-Hansemann government. Kanitz became an officer-cadet in 1798, and an Ensign one year later.
  • In 1801 he was made a Second Lieutenant.
  • In 1806 he took part in the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt.
  • In 1810 he was promoted to First Lieutenant and to Stabskapitän in 1811.
  • In 1812 Kanitz received the Pour le Mérite award.
  • In 1813-14 he took part in the War of the Sixth Coalition.
  • In 1813 he was made a Major.
  • Two years later he was assigned to be adjutant to Frederick William III of Prussia.
  • In 1819 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and in 1825 to Colonel.
  • From 1832 Von Kanitz was commander of the 1.
  • Landwehrbrigade, after 1840 commanded the 1st Division and after 1841 the 15th Division.
  • Between 1841 and 1848 Von Kanitz was the interim commander in Cologne.
  • In 1843 he became a Lieutenant General and in 1848 was made a general officer commanding (Kommandierender General) on an interim basis. Camphausen had originally planned to make Colonel Hans Adolf Erdmann von Auerswald his Minister of War.
  • However, as part of an early power struggle over the right to decide on military matters, King Frederick William IV refused to appoint him and instead chose Kanitz.
  • His predecessor as War Minister was Karl von Reyher, he was succeeded by General Ludwig Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein. Von Kanitz was a Freemason and belonged to the Grand Lodge "Zu den drei Weltkugeln" in Berlin.

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