Ludwig von Lüder (4 February 1795 – 6 March 1862) was a Bavarian major general. He was War Minister under

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for two times. Lüder was born in the district of

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. He took part in the campaigns of the

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from 1813 to 1815. He was promoted to

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in 1818 and to

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in 1827, and was inspector of the

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troops from 1832 to 1836, serving in the

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in Greece. In 1838 he became corps adjutant in the Generalquartiermeister staff, and in 1842 he became head of artillery division in the Bavarian war ministry. He was advanced to

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in 1844, and four years later to the rank of

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. In 1848 he became a major general and commander in chief of the Munich garrison. After his period as war minister from 29 May 1849 to 25 March 1855, Lüder served again as commander in chief of Munich for a short time, before he was war minister for a second time after 13 April 1859. On 12 June 1861 he was retired at his own request. He died in

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the following year.''Lüder, Ludwig von''
House of the Bavarian history (HdBG).

References and notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luder, Ludwig Von Ministers of war of Bavaria Bavarian generals Military personnel from the Kingdom of Bavaria 1795 births 1862 deaths German military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Germany–Greece military relations