Manfred von Richthofen (general)
Karl Ernst Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen was a German General der Kavallerie during World War I and recipient of the order Pour le Mrite, known informally as the Blue Max.
Manfred von Richthofen was born onMay 1855 in Gut Barzdorf, Silesia . He entered the Imperial German Army in 1874 as an Ensign in the 4th Cuirassier Regiment. By April 1902 he had risen to LieutenantColonel in command of the Gardes du Corps Cavalry Regiment, personal bodyguard of the German Emperor Wilhelm II and was assigned as his aidedecamp in the following year.
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