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Karl Alexander Friedrich August Graf Finck von Finckenstein
(29.07.1835 - 20.08.1915)
place of birth:  Madlitz
Königreich Preußen:  KG,  General à la suite SM,  General der Infanterie

                            


Karl Finck von Finckenstein served as a Prussian general officer and commander of I. Army Corps in Königsberg from 1895 to 1902. He began his career as a commissioned officer in 1954, joining up with the 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß in Potsdam. He saw action with this regiment during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, with engagements at Soor and Königgrätz. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, Finck functioned as a company commander and was wounded at St. Privat.

After the War, he was first sent to Vienna, Austria as military attaché and then later served as aide-de-camp in  Kaiser Wilhelm I.'s entourage. From July 1887 through March 1890, Finck served at Prussian Great General Staff as Inspector General of Jäger and Schützen. He proceeded from there to command 17th Infantry Division in Schwerin and finally as commanding general I. Armeekorps, before retiring from active duty in January 1901.