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Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler#Death

{{short description|Imperial German general (1852–1908)}}

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Dietrich Graf von Hülsen-Haeseler (13 February 1852 – 14 November 1908) was an infantry general of the German Empire.

He attended the War College and was attached to the German General Staff in 1882. In 1889 he was made aide de camp to Kaiser Wilhelm II, whom he had known since boyhood.

In 1894, von Hülsen-Haeseler was named military attaché at the German embassy in Vienna. In 1897, now a colonel, he returned to Berlin as commander of a guards regiment. In 1899 he was promoted to major general, made chief of general staff in the Guards Corps, and then given command of the 2nd Guards Infantry Brigade.

From May 1901 until his death in November 1908, von Hülsen-Haeseler served as Chief of the German Imperial Military Cabinet, during which time he rose to General of Infantry.

Death

On 14 November 1908, Dietrich Graf von Hülsen-Haeseler died of a heart attack while on a hunting trip in honor of the Kaiser. The hunting party was staying at Donaueschingen Castle in Donaueschingen, Baden; the Black Forest country estate of Prince Max von Furstenberg. During a formal evening function, von Hülsen-Haeseler appeared dressed in the pink tutu and rose wreath of a ballerina, dancing for the Kaiser and his assembled guests.{{cite book|first=Robert K.|last=Massie|pages=690–691|title=Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War |year=2004 |publisher=Pimlico |isbn=1-8441-3528-4}} The performance included pirouettes, jumps, capers and flirtatious kisses to the audience.{{Cite book|last=Carter|first=Miranda|title=George, Nicholas and Wilhelm|date=March 2011|publisher=Vintage Books|isbn=978-1-4000-7912-4|pages=310}} Apparently exhausted by his exertions, the general bowed, collapsed and was pronounced dead after hasty medical attention.James, Harold (1989). A German Identity: 1770–1990. New York: Routledge. p. 82.{{Cite book

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}} The circumstances were covered up by the officer corps so as not to further inflame public pressure over the homosexually themed Harden–Eulenburg affair. Ironically, it was von Hülsen-Haeseler who had organized the cover-up of that scandal.

Honours and awards

;German honoursHandbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat fur das jahr 1908, [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb__34OAAAAYAAJ/page/n71/mode/2up p. 38]

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  • {{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg}} Prussia:
  • Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class
  • Knight of the Crown Order, 2nd Class, 1896; with Star, 19 September 1901;{{citation|title=Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.)|chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015025921423&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021|page=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015025921423&view=1up&seq=713&skin=2021 105]|lang=German|chapter=Königliche Kronen-orden|location=Berlin|publisher=Gedruckt in der Reichsdruckerei|year=1895|via=hathitrust.org}} 1st Class
  • Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, with Crown, Oak Leaves and Swords on Ring
  • Commander's Star of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
  • Knight of Justice of the Johanniter Order
  • Service Award Cross
  • {{flagicon image|Flagge Herzogtum Anhalt.svg}} Anhalt: Grand Cross of the Order of Albert the Bear, with Crown
  • {{flag|Baden}}:
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Berthold the First
  • Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, with Oak Leaves
  • {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bavaria}}:
  • Grand Cross of the Merit Order of St. Michael, 1906{{citation|title=Hof- und – Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern|year=1908|language=German|chapter=Königliche Orden|page=[https://archive.org/details/hofundstaatshan00landgoog/page/n143/mode/2up 90]}}
  • Grand Cross of the Military Merit Order
  • {{flag|Brunswick}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion, 1902Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Herzogthums Braunschweig für 1908. Bd. 1908. Braunschweig: Meyer, 1908. p. 10
  • {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Altenburg}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Meiningen}} Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
  • {{flagicon image|Flagge Großherzogtum Hessen ohne Wappen.svg}} Hesse and by Rhine: Grand Cross of the Merit Order of Philip the Magnanimous, 2 January 1902;{{citation|title=Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste|chapter=Verdienst-Orden Philipps des Großmütigen|page=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112089248600&view=1up&seq=192&skin=2021 170]|lang=German|location=Darmstadt|year=1907|publisher=Staatsverlag|via=hathitrust.org}} with Crown
  • {{flagicon image|Flag of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Sigmaringen.png}} Hohenzollern: Cross of Honour of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class
  • {{flagicon image|Flagge Fürstentum Lippe.svg}} Lippe-Detmold: Cross of Honour of the House Order of Lippe, 2nd Class
  • {{flag|Oldenburg}}: Grand Cross of Honour of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Collar and Golden Crown
  • {{Flagicon image|Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg}} Mecklenburg:
  • Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Golden Crown
  • Grand Cross of the Griffon
  • {{flag|Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach}}: Grand Cross of the White Falcon
  • {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Saxony}}: Officer of the Albert Order, 1890;{{cite book|author=Sachsen|title=Staatshandbuch für den Königreich Sachsen: 1901|year=1901|publisher=Heinrich|chapter=Königlich Orden|page=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015030492006&view=1up&seq=210&skin=2021 170]|location=Dresden|via=hathitrust.org}} Grand Cross with Golden Star
  • {{flag|Schaumburg-Lippe}}: Cross of Honour of the House Order of Schaumburg-Lippe, 1st Class
  • {{flagicon image|Flagge Fürstentümer Schwarzburg.svg}} Schwarzburg: Princely Schwarzburg Cross of Honour, 1st Class with Crown
  • {{flagicon image|Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg}} Waldeck and Pyrmont: Cross of Merit, 1st Class
  • {{flag|Württemberg}}:{{citation|title=Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg|year=1907|chapter=Königliche Orden|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=720NAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA51 51], [https://books.google.com/books?id=720NAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA124 124]|location=Stuttgart|publisher=Landesamt}}
  • Commander of the Württemberg Crown, with Star, 1902; Grand Cross, ca. 1907
  • Grand Cross of the Friedrich Order, 1903

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;Foreign honours

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References

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External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090901050249/http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/DEUTSCH/JUSTITIA.HTM Justitias zweischneidiges Schwert - Magnus Hirschfeld als Gutachter in der Eulenburg-Affäre] (in German)

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