List of German field marshals
The following list of German Field Marshals denotes those who have held the German rank of Generalfeldmarschall.
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[edit] Electorate and Kingdom of Saxony
1. 21 June 1631 - Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1583–1641)
2. 24 November 1632 - Duke Franz Albrecht of Saxony-Lauenburg (1598–1642)
3. 19 October 1638 - Rudolf Graf von Marzin (also Marazin)
4. 1 January 1666 - Ernst Albrecht Freiherr von Eberstein (1605–1676)
5. 28 August 1681 - Joachim Rüdiger Freiherr von der Goltz (1620–1688)
6. 8 September 1688 - Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming (1632–1706)
7. 9 April 1691 - Hans Adam von Schöning (1641–1696)
8. 10 May 1693 - Jeremias von Chauvet († 1696)
9. 30 September 1697 - Prince Heinrich VI of Reuss-Plauen (1649–1697)
10. 27 August 1699 - Adam Heinrich Graf von Steinau († 1712)
11. 3 December 1706 - Georg Benedikt Freiherr von Ogilvy (1651–1710)
12. 22 February 1712 - Jakob Heinrich Graf von Flemming
13. 17 April 1730 - Christoph August Graf von Wackerbarth (1662–1734)
14. 26 November 1735 - Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1685–1746)
15. 11 January 1749 - Friedrich August Graf Rutowski (1702–1764)
16. 27 July 1763 - Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe (1704–1774)
17. 6 January 1775 - Prince Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau (1705–1781)
18. 11 July 1871 - Crown Prince Albert (later King) of Saxony (1828–1902)
19. 15 June 1888 - Crown Prince Georg (later King) of Saxony (1832–1904)
[edit] Electorate of Brandenburg and Kingdom of Prussia
- 20 June 1657 - Otto Christoph von Sparr (1599–1668)
- 24 January 1670 - John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1627–1693)
- 18 February 1670 - Georg Reichsfreiherr von Derfflinger (1606–1695)
- 28 June 1675 - Prince Friedrich II of Hessen-Homburg (1633–1708) (1811: Prince of the Drama from Heinrich von Kleist)
- 1 May 1688 - Hans Adam von Schöning (1641–1696)
- 12 March 1691 – Alexander Freiherr von Spaen (1619–1692)
- 1 May 1691 - Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming (1632–1706)
- 1698 - Johann Albrecht Reichsgraf von Barfus (1634–1704)
- 23 March 1706 - Alexander Hermann Graf von Wartensleben (1650–1734)
- 1712 - Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau 1676-1747)
- 1713 - Carl Philipp Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum (1650–1719)
- 1713 - Alexander Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1661–1728)
- 1728 - Dubislaw Gneomar von Natzmer (1654–1739)
- 1733 - Albrecht Konrad Graf Finck von Finckenstein (1660–1735)
- 1737 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow (1678–1739)
- 1737 – Adrian Bernhard von Borcke (1668–1741),
- 1739 - Erhard Ernst von Röder (1665–1743)
- 1740 - Count Hans Heinrich Graf von Katte (1681–1741)
- 1740 - Count Kurt Christoph von Schwerin (1684–1757)
- 1741 - Caspar Otto von Glasenapp (1664–1747)
- 1741 - Samuel Reichsgraf von Schmettau (1684–1751)
- 16 May 1742 – Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690–1747); father of Empress Catherine II of Russia.
- 17 May 1742 – Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700–1751)
- 15 January 1745 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Dossow (1669–1758)
- 19 March 1745 - Wilhelm Dietrich von Buddenbrock (1672–1757)
- 24 May 1747 - Henning Alexander von Kleist (1676–1749)
- 1747 - Christoph Wilhelm von Kalckstein (1682–1759)
- 18 September 1747 - James Francis Edward Keith (1696–1758)
- 1751 - Friedrich Leopold Graf von Gessler (1688–1762)
- 1751 - Johann von Lehwaldt (1685–1768)
- 1757 - Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau (1712–1760)
- November 1758 - Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1721–1792)
- 1787 - Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1735–1806)
- 1793 - Wichard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorf (1724–1816)
- 20 May 1798 Alexander von Knobelsdorff (1723–1799)
- 1805 - Wilhelm Magnus von Brünnecke (1727–1817)
- 21 July 1807 Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière (1733–1811)
- 1807 Friedrich Adolf Graf von Kalckreuth (1737–1818)
- 19 October 1813 - Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819)
- 1821 - Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf, (1763–1823)
- 1821 - Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (1759–1830)
- 1825 - August Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760–1831)
- 1839 - Hans Ernst Karl Graf von Zieten (1770–1848)
- 5 October 1847 Karl Freiherr von Müffling (1775–1851)
- 7 October 1847 - Hermann von Boyen (1771–1848)
- 9 October 1847 - Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck (1768–1848)
- 14 March 1854 - Friedrich Karl Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1784–1859)
- 5 August 1856 - Friedrich Graf von Wrangel (1784–1877)
- 28 October 1870 - Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)
- 28 October 1870 - Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia (1831–1888)
also Imperial Germany:
- 1913 - HRH King Constantine I of Greece (1868–1923)
- 27 January 1916 - HIM Sultan Mehmed V of Turkey (1844–1918)
- 6 September 1918 - HIM Sultan Mehmed VI of Turkey (1861–1926)
[edit] Imperial Germany
- 8 April 1871 - Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1796–1884)
- 8 April 1871 - Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz (1796–1877)
- 16 June 1871 - Helmuth Graf von Moltke (1800–1891)
- 11 July 1871 - Crown Prince Albert (later King) of Saxony
- 1 January 1873 - Albrecht Graf von Roon (1803–1879)
- 1873 - Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809–1885)
- 1888 - Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom)[1]
- 15 March 1888 - Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810–1900)
- 15 March 1888 - Crown Prince Georg of Saxony
- 19 June 1888 - Prince Albrecht of Prussia
- 19 June 1888 - Archduke Albrecht of Austria
- 27 February 1895 - Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary (1830–1916)
- 6 May 1900 - Alfred von Waldersee (1832–1904)
- 1 January 1905 - Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler (1836–1919)
- 1 January 1905 - Wilhelm von Hahnke (1833–1912)
- 1 January 1905 - Walter Freiherr von Loë (1828–1908)
- 9 September 1906 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850–1942)
- 20 April 1909 - King Carol I of Romania
- 1 January 1911 - Max von Bock und Pollach (1842–1915)
- 1 January 1911 - Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (1833–1913)
- 1 January 1911 - Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (1843–1916)
- 16 May 1911 - King George V of the United Kingdom
- 11 September 1912 - King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
- 8 August 1913 - King Constantine I of Greece
- 2 November 1914 - Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934)
- 27 January 1915 - Karl von Bülow (1846–1921)
- 22 June 1915 - Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
- 22 June 1915 - August von Mackensen (1849–1945)
- 26 June 1915 - King Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845–1921)
- 1916 - Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852–1925)
- 18 January 1916 - Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
- 1 February 1916 - Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire
- 23 July 1916 - William II of Württemberg (1848–1921)
- 1 August 1916 - Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (1869–1955)
- 1 August 1916 - Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846–1930)
- 1 August 1916 - Duke Albrecht of Württemberg (1865–1939)
- 12 February 1917 - Emperor Karl of Austria (1887–1922)
- 18 December 1917 - Hermann von Eichhorn (1848–1918)
- 31 December 1917 - Remus von Woyrsch (1847–1920)
[edit] Nazi Germany
- 20 April 1936 - Werner von Blomberg (1878–1946)
- 4 February 1938 - Hermann Göring (1893–1946)
- 19 July 1940 - Fedor von Bock (1880–1945)
- 19 July 1940 - Walther von Brauchitsch (1881–1948)
- 19 July 1940 - Albert Kesselring (1885–1960)
- 19 July 1940 - Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946)
- 19 July 1940 - Günther von Kluge (1882–1944)
- 19 July 1940 - Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876–1956)
- 19 July 1940 - Wilhelm List (1880–1971)
- 19 July 1940 - Erhard Milch (1892–1972)
- 19 July 1940 - Walther von Reichenau (1884–1942)
- 19 July 1940 - Gerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953)
- 19 July 1940 - Hugo Sperrle (1885–1953)
- 19 July 1940 - Erwin von Witzleben (1881–1944)
- 31 October 1940 - Eduard Freiherr von Böhm-Ermolli (1856–1941)
- 22 June 1942 - Erwin Rommel (1891–1944)
- 30 June 1942 - Georg von Küchler (1881–1968)
- 1 July 1942 - Erich von Manstein (1887–1973)
- 31 January 1943 - Friedrich Paulus (1890–1957)
- 1 February 1943 - Ernst Busch (1885–1945)
- 1 February 1943 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881–1954)
- 1 February 1943 - Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs (1881–1954)
- 16 February 1943 - Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (1895–1945)
- 1 March 1944 - Walter Model (1891–1945)
- 5 April 1945 - Ferdinand Schörner (1892–1973)
- 25 April 1945 - Robert Ritter von Greim (1892–1945)