Joachim von Amsberg (general)
Joachim von Amsberg (26 August 1869 in Schwerin – 5 September 1945 in Rostock) was a German General, aristocrat and a member of the House of Amsberg.
Biography
Born as the youngest son of Gabriel Ludwig Johann von Amsberg (1822-1899) and his wife, Marie Friederike Charlotte von Passow (1831-1904). He joined the Grand Ducal Mecklenburgian Grenadier Regiment No. 89 in 1890, and saw service during the First World War and the Weimar Republic era, being promoted to Major-General in 1924 and General der Infanterie upon his retirement in 1929.
Marriage and issue
On 19 Jan 1907 he married Countess Therese Amelie Eleonore Irmgard von Bothmer (1881-1949). They had three sons and a daughter:
- Erich von Amsberg (1908-1980)
- Jürgen von Amsberg (1910-1943)
- Ursula von Amsberg (1912-1997)
- Friedrich-Joachim von Amsberg (1914-1964)
Decorations and awards
- Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class with Crown (Prussia)
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
- Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class
- Service Award (Prussia)
- Military Merit Order, 3rd class with Swords and Crown (Bavaria)
- Knight's Cross, First Class of the Albert Order with Swords and Crown (Saxony)
- Knight's Cross, First Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords (Baden)
- Knight's Cross of the Order of the Griffon with Crown (Mecklenburg)
- Military Merit Cross, 1st class (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
- Knight's Cross, First Class of the Order of Henry the Lion (Brunswick)
- Honorary Knight's Cross, First Class of the House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenburg)
- Friedrich August Cross, 1st class (Oldenburg)
- Cross for Merit in War (Saxe-Meiningen)
- Honour Cross, 2nd class with Crown (Reuss)
- War Merit Cross (Lippe)
- Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria-Hungary)
- Silver Liakat Medal with swords (Ottoman Empire)
- Ottoman War Medal (Turkish: Harp Madalyası), better known as the "Gallipoli Star" or "Iron Crescent"
References
- Dermot Bradley: Die Generale des Heeres 1921-1945 Band 1 Abberger-Bitthorn, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2423-9, pp. 59–60
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