List of German Field Marshals - Imperial Germany

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)
  • 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)

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