Hugo Karl Gottlieb von Kathen (27 August 1855 – 2 April 1932) was a German infantry
general
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during
World War I
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.
Family
Kathen was born in
Freienwalde
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Geography
The town is situated on the Alte Oder, an old branch of the Oder River at the northwestern rim of the Oderbruch basin and the st ...
,
Farther Pomerania
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to the
Prussian
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Major
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Karl von Kathen (1803–1876) (a landowner from
Langenhaken in
Pomerania
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), and Agnes née Schumann (1825–1895). His family came originally from
Stralsund
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, and they became
Swedish
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nobility in 1692.
Kathen married Susanne von Dechend (1859–1929), daughter of
Reichsbank president Hermann von Dechend
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Biography
Dechend was born in Marien ...
(1814–1890), on 27 September 1884 in
Berlin
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.
Kathen died in
Wiesbaden
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,
Hesse
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.
Commands held
* 2 August - 18 December 1914: military governor of
Mainz
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* 19 December 1914 - 30 July 1918: commanding general of the
XXIII Reserve Corps
* 31 July - 11 November 1918:
commander-in-chief of the
8th army
* until February 1919: commander of the German troops in
Lithuania
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and
Estonia
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* starting from February 1919: commander of the German troops in
Latvia
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Medals and decoration
*
Pour le Mérite
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on 28 August 1916; with oak leaves on 27 August 1917
References
*
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser B Band VII, Seite 180, Band 36 der Gesamtreihe, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1965, .
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kathen, Hugo
1855 births
1932 deaths
People from Stargard County
Military personnel from the Province of Pomerania
German Army generals of World War I
Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)
Generals of Infantry (Prussia)