Maximilian von Spee

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German military personnel admiral human naval officer

Maximilian von Spee was a German Imperial Navy admiral best known for commanding the East Asia Squadron during World War I and for his defeat and death at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Heinrich von Spee 1
Otto von Spee 1
von Spee 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German military personnel ⓘ
admiral ⓘ
human ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
allegiance German Empire ⓘ
awardReceived Prussian Order of the Crown ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Crown (Prussia)

Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ
Pour le Mérite ⓘ
birthDate 1861-06-22 ⓘ
birthPlace Copenhagen ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark
burialPlace South Atlantic ⓘ
surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
causeOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
child Maximilian von Spee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Heinrich von Spee

Maximilian von Spee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Otto von Spee
commanded East Asia Squadron ⓘ
conflict Battle of Coronel ⓘ
Battle of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship German Empire ⓘ
dateOfCommandAtBattleOfCoronel 1914-11-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeathInBattleOfTheFalklandIslands 1914-12-08 ⓘ
deathDate 1914-12-08 ⓘ
deathPlace South Atlantic ⓘ
surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

off Falkland Islands ⓘ
familyName Maximilian von Spee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: von Spee
flagship SMS Scharnhorst ⓘ
givenName Maximilian ⓘ
hasRelative Friedrich Graf von Spee ⓘ
honouredIn Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ
surface form: German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee
languageSpoken German ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial German Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Vice Admiral ⓘ
Vizeadmiral ⓘ
name Maximilian von Spee self-link ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Spee ⓘ
nobleTitle Graf ⓘ
notableFor command of the German East Asia Squadron in World War I ⓘ
defeat and death at the Battle of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
victory over British forces at the Battle of Coronel ⓘ
occupation naval commander ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
servedOn SMS Scharnhorst ⓘ
serviceEndYear 1914 ⓘ
serviceStartYear 1878 ⓘ
spouse Margarete Baroness von der Osten-Sacken ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Maximilian von Spee → child → Maximilian von Spee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Otto von Spee
Maximilian von Spee → child → Maximilian von Spee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heinrich von Spee
Maximilian von Spee → familyName → Maximilian von Spee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: von Spee
Maximilian von Spee → name → Maximilian von Spee self-link ⓘ
Admiral Graf Spee → namedAfter → Maximilian von Spee ⓘ