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Wilhelm von Manz

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Wilhelm Ritter von Manz (6 April 1804 – 5 January 1867) was a Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister under Maximilian II of Bavaria from 13 April 1859 to 12 June 1861.

Von Manz was born in Dillingen. After holding several officer positions in the Bavarian army, he became war minister in 1855. Afterwards he served as commander in chief of the Munich garrison, where he died in 1867. On 15 June 1846 he married Adelheid von Zedtwitz.

References and notes

  1. Regarding personal names: Ritter is a title, translated approximately as 'Sir' (denoting a knight), not a first or middle name. There is no equivalent female form.
  2. Manz, Wilhelm Ritter von, House of the Bavarian history (HdBG).
  3. Wilhelm Ritter von Manz & Adelheid von Zedtwitz
Government offices
Preceded byLudwig von Lüder Ministers of War (Bavaria)
1855–1859 		Succeeded byLudwig von Lüder


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