Prince Leopold Of Bavaria
Prince
Leopold of Bavaria
(
9 February
1846
-
28 September
1930
) was born in
Munich
, the son of Luitpold of Bavaria (1821-1912) and his wife Augusta of Tuscany (1825-1864). On
20 April
1873
at
Vienna
he married
Gisela of Austria
, daughter of Emperor
Franz Joseph of Austria
and the Empress
Sissi
. Leopold was retired when
World War I
broke out but was given command of the
German
9th Army in
1915
. Leopold quickly proved himself an able commander as he took
Warsaw
on
August 4
, 1915. Leopold was then put in command of Army Group Leopold, which was a combined German-Austro force in the central sector of the
Eastern Front
. Leopold was then was made commander of all operations on the Eastern Front when
Erich Ludendorff
was reassigned to
Berlin
as Quartermaster General. Leopold again retired in 1918 after the signing of the
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
, which had ended the war on the Eastern Front. This treaty was highly favorable to
Germany
, and Leopold ended his career with success. He had achieved the rank of
Field Marshal
(
Generalfeldmarschall
) on
August 1
,
1916
. He died at
Munich
in 1930. Bavaria, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Prince Leopold of
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