Maximilian von Prittwitz

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German general Prussian general human

Maximilian von Prittwitz was a German general who initially led the Eighth Army on the Eastern Front at the start of World War I before being relieved of command following early setbacks against Russian forces.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Maximilian von Prittwitz canonical	5
Maximilian von Prittwitz (replaced before battle’s main phase)	1
Maximilian von Prittwitz und Gaffron	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German general ⓘ Prussian general ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	German Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
awardReceived	Iron Cross ⓘ surface form: Iron Cross (Franco-Prussian War) Prussian Order of the Crown ⓘ surface form: Order of the Crown (Prussia) Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ
birthDate	1848-11-27 ⓘ
birthPlace	Bernstadt an der Weide ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Province of Silesia ⓘ
causeOfReliefFromCommand	loss of confidence by German High Command after Russian advances in East Prussia ⓘ
commanded	German Eighth Army ⓘ VIII Army Corps (German Empire) ⓘ
conflict	Franco-Prussian War ⓘ World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
deathDate	1917-03-29 ⓘ
deathPlace	Berlin ⓘ German Empire ⓘ
educatedAt	Prussian military academy ⓘ
familyName	Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron ⓘ surface form: von Prittwitz
front	Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front in East Prussia
fullName	Maximilian von Prittwitz self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maximilian von Prittwitz und Gaffron
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Maximilian ⓘ
knownFor	proposing withdrawal from East Prussia in August 1914 ⓘ
languageSpoken	German ⓘ
memberOf	Prussian Army ⓘ surface form: Prussian officer corps
militaryBranch	Imperial German Army ⓘ Prussian Army ⓘ
nobleFamily	Prittwitz family ⓘ
notableFor	being relieved of command after early setbacks against Russian forces in 1914 ⓘ command of the German Eighth Army on the Eastern Front at the start of World War I ⓘ
participatedIn	Austro-Prussian War ⓘ Franco-Prussian War ⓘ World War I ⓘ
positionHeld	commander of the German Eighth Army ⓘ
rank	Generaloberst ⓘ
replacedBy	German Eighth Army under Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ surface form: Erich Ludendorff (as chief of staff of Eighth Army leadership team) Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
serviceEnd	1914 ⓘ
serviceStart	1866 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front (World War I)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Tannenberg → commander → Maximilian von Prittwitz ⓘ

Russian invasion of East Prussia → commander → Maximilian von Prittwitz ⓘ

German Eighth Army under Paul von Hindenburg → predecessorCommander → Maximilian von Prittwitz ⓘ

German Eighth Army → commander → Maximilian von Prittwitz ⓘ

German Eighth Army → predecessorCommander → Maximilian von Prittwitz ⓘ

First Battle of the Masurian Lakes → commander → Maximilian von Prittwitz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maximilian von Prittwitz (replaced before battle’s main phase)

Maximilian von Prittwitz → fullName → Maximilian von Prittwitz self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maximilian von Prittwitz und Gaffron