Personal Life
On 20 October 1938, he married Dorothee von Blomberg, daughter of Werner von Blomberg. Together they had one son (Hans-Christof, born 23 July 1939) and three daughters (Sybilla, born 17 December 1940; Jutta, born 14 May 1942; and Stephanie, born 26 December 1943). At the time of the marriage, his father Wilhelm Keitel made no attempt to hide the fact that through the engagement of his son to Blomberg's daughter, he was working towards an entente with his superior, Field-Marshal von Blomberg himself.
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