1st Royal Bavarian Division - Notable Commanders

Notable Commanders

  • Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1856–1861)
  • Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1861–1869) - A senior Bavarian field commander in the Franco-Prussian War
  • Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1881–1887) - Later a Generalfeldmarschall
  • Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1904–1906) - Later a Generalfeldmarschall
  • Otto Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein (1906–1910) - Bavarian Minister of War, 1912–1916

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