Eduard von Lewinski
Born22 February 1829
Münster, Kingdom of Prussia
Died17 September 1906(1906-09-17) (aged 77)
Burgwitz near Trebnitz
Allegiance Prussia
 German Empire
Service/branch Prussian Army
 Imperial German Army
Years of service1846–1895
RankGeneral of the Artillery
Commands heldVI Corps
Battles/warsSecond Schleswig War
Austro-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War
AwardsPour le Mérite
RelationsErich von Manstein (son)

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.

Von Lewinski was born in Münster in the Province of Westphalia. He served in the 1864 Second Schleswig War as captain of the 1st Guards Fortress Company, and received the prestigious Pour le Mérite. In the Austro-Prussian War he was assigned to the 1st Division as a staff officer. In 1867 Lewinski was promoted to major on the general staff. He later served in the Franco-Prussian War, first on the staff of the 1st Division and later as Quartermaster-General of the South Army. In 1871 he became chief of staff of the IX Corps. In 1872 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assumed command of the 24th Artillery Regiment.

Further steps in his military career included:

Von Lewinski died in Burgwitz Trebnitz.

He and his wife Helene Pauline von Sperling were the biological parents of future Field Marshal Erich von Manstein (1887–1973), who was adopted at birth by childless relatives General Georg von Manstein and Hedwig von Sperling, sister to Helene. A third von Sperling daughter, Gertrud, was married to Paul von Hindenburg.[1]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ↑ Benoit Lemay, Erich von Manstein: Hitler’s Master Strategist (Philadelphia: Casemate Publishers, 2010), p. 12.
  2. 1 2 3 Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Gedruckt in der Reichsdruckerei, 1886, pp. 12, 91, 605 – via hathitrust.org
  3. ↑ Lehmann, Gustaf (1913). Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite 1812–1913 [The Knights of the Order of the Pour le Mérite] (in German). Vol. 2. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn. p. 451.
  4. ↑ "Rother Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.) (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Gedruckt in der Reichsdruckerei, 1886, p. 8 – via hathitrust.org
  5. ↑ Sveriges statskalender (PDF) (in Swedish), 1897, p. 415, retrieved 29 March 2021 – via gupea.ub.gu.se
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