Eduard von Lewinski

Eduard Julius Ludwig von Lewinski (22 February 1829 17 September 1906) was a Prussian general. His younger brother Alfred von Lewinski also became a Prussian general.

Eduard von Lewinski
Born22 February 1829
Münster, Kingdom of Prussia
Died17 September 1906(1906-09-17) (aged 77)
Burgwitz near Trebnitz
Allegiance Prussia
Service/branchHeer
Years of service1846–1895
RankGeneral of Artillery
Battles/warsSecond War of Schleswig
Franco-Prussian War
RelationsErich von Manstein (son)

Von Lewinski was born in Münster in the Province of Westphalia. He served in the 1864 Danish-Prussian War as a captain of the 1st Guard fortress company. In the 1866 German war he was assigned as a staff officer to the First Army division. In 1867 Lewinski was promoted to major on the general staff. He later served in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, first on the staff of the First Army division and later commanding the quartermaster corps of the South Army. In 1871 he became commander of the general staff of the 9th Army corps. In 1872 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assumed command of the South Army's 24th artillery regiment.

Further steps in his military career include:

Von Lewinski died in Burgwitz Trebnitz.

World War II Field Marshal Erich von Manstein (1887–1973) was the biological son of the general and his wife Helene von Sperling, who was adopted at birth by their childless brother-in-law, general Georg von Manstein and his wife, Hedwig von Sperling, sister to Helene. A third von Sperling daughter, Gertrud, was married to Paul von Hindenburg.[1]

References

  1. Benoit Lemay, Erich von Manstein: Hitler’s Master Strategist (Philadelphia: Casemate Publishers, 2010), p. 12.
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