Field marshal () was usually the highest military rank in various German armed forces. It had existed, under slightly different names, in several German states since 1631.

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! scope="row" | Francis Albert of Saxe-Lauenburg

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| 1598–1642

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! scope="row" | Rudolf Graf von Marzin

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| 1585–1645

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! scope="row" | Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein

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| 1605–76

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! scope="row" | Joachim Rüdiger of Goltz

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| 1620–88

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! scope="row" | Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming

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| 1632–1706

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! scope="row" | Hans Adam von Schöning

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| 1641–96

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! scope="row" | Jeremias of Chauvet

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| Unknown–1699

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! scope="row" | Heinrich VI Reuß zu Obergreiz

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| 1649–97

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! scope="row" | Adam Heinrich von Steinau

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| Unknown–1712

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! scope="row" | Georg Benedikt von Ogilvy

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| 1651–1710

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! scope="row" | Jacob Heinrich von Flemming

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| 1667–1728

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! scope="row" | Christoph August of Wackerbarth

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| 1662–1734

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! scope="row" | Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

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| 1685–1746

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! scope="row" | Frederick Augustus Rutowsky

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| 1702–64

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! scope="row" | Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe

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| 1704–74

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! scope="row" | Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau

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| 1705–81

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! scope="row" | Albert of Saxony

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| 1828–1902

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! scope="row" | Georg of Saxony

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| 1832–1904

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Electorate (1623–1806) and Kingdom of Bavaria (1806–1918)

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! scope="col" style="width: 18em;" | Date of promotion

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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Reference

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! scope="row" | Johann Jakob von Anholt

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| 1599–1645

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! scope="row" | Gottfried von Pappenheim

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| 1594–1632

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! scope="row" | Johann von Götzen

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| 1582–1630

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! scope="row" | Joachim Christian von Wahl

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| 1590–1644

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! scope="row" | Franz von Mercy

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| 1597–1645

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! scope="row" | Gottfried Huyn von Geleen

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| 1598–1657

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! scope="row" | Jost Maximilian von Bronckhorst

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| 1598–1662

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! scope="row" | Johann von Reuschenberg

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| 1603–1660

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! scope="row" | Adrian von Enkevort

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| 1603–1663

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! scope="row" | Philip Florinus of Sulzbach

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| 1630–1703

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! scope="row" | Jean Baptist, Comte d'Arco

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| 1650–1715

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! scope="row" | Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff

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| 1673–1763

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! scope="row" | Karl Philipp von Wrede

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| 1767–1838

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! scope="row" | Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria

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| 1795–1875

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! scope="row" | Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria

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| 1869–1955

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Brandenburg-Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1870)

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! scope="col" style="width: 18em;" | Date of promotion

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! scope="row" | Otto Christoph von Sparr

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| 1599–1668

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! scope="row" | Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

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| 1676–1747

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! scope="row" | Carl Philipp, Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum

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| 1650–1719

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! scope="row" | Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten

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| 1661–1728

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! scope="row" | Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer

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| 1654–1739

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! scope="row" | Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow

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| 1678–1739

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! scope="row" | Caspar Otto von Glasenapp

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| 1664–1747

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! scope="row" | Samuel von Schmettau

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| 1684–1751

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! scope="row" | Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

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| 1690–1747

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! scope="row" | Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

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| 1700–51

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! scope="row" | Friedrich Wilhelm von Dossow

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| 1669–1758

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! scope="row" | Henning Alexander von Kleist

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| 1677–1749

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! scope="row" | Christoph Wilhelm von Kalckstein

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| 1682–1759

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! scope="row" | Hans von Lehwaldt

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| 1685–1768

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! scope="row" | Prince Moritz of Anhalt-Dessau

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| 1712–60

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! scope="row" | Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

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| 1721–92

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! scope="row" | Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick

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| 1735–1806

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! scope="row" | Wichard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorf

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| 1724–1816

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! scope="row" | Alexander von Knobelsdorff

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| 1723–99

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! scope="row" | Ludwig Karl von Kalckstein

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| 1725–1800

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! scope="row" | Friedrich Adolf Graf von Kalckreuth

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| 1737–1818

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! scope="row" | Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière

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| 1733–1811

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! scope="row" | Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

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| 1742–1819

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! scope="row" | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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| 1769–1852

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! scope="row" | Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf

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| 1762–1823

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! scope="row" | Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

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| 1759–1830

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! scope="row" | August Neidhardt von Gneisenau

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| 1760–1831

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! scope="row" | Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten

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| 1770–1848

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! scope="row" | Karl Freiherr von Müffling

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| 1775–1851

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! scope="row" | Hermann von Boyen

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| 1771–1848

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! scope="row" | Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck

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| 1768–1848

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! scope="row" | Karl Friedrich Emil zu Dohna-Schlobitten

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| 1784–1859

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! scope="row" | Friedrich Graf von Wrangel

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| 1784–1877

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! scope="row" | Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia

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| 1828–85

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| 1796–1877

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! scope="row" | Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke

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| 1800–91

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! scope="row" | Albert, Crown Prince of Saxony

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| 1828–1902

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| 1803–79

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| 1809–85

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| 1810–1900

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! scope="row" | Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony

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| 1832–1904

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! scope="row" | Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen

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| 1817–95

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! scope="row" | Franz Joseph I of Austria

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| 1830–1916

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| 1832–1904

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| 1836–1919

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| 1833–1912

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| 1828–1908

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! scope="row" | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

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| 1850–1942

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! scope="row" | Carol I of Romania

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| 1839–1914

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| 1833–1913

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! scope="row" | George V of the United Kingdom

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| 1865–1936

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! scope="row" | Constantine I of Greece

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| 1868–1923

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| 1847–1934

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| 1846–1921

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! scope="row" | Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen

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| 1856–1936

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| 1849–1945

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! scope="row" | Ludwig III of Bavaria

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| 1845–1921

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| 1852–1925

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! scope="row" | Ferdinand I of Bulgaria

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| 1861–1948

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! scope="row" | Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire

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| 1844–1918

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! scope="row" | William II of Württemberg

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| 1848–1921

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! scope="row" | Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria

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| 1869–1955

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! scope="row" | Prince Leopold of Bavaria

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| 1846–1930

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! scope="row" | Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg

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| 1865–1939

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! scope="row" | Charles I of Austria

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| 1887–1922

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| 1848–1918

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| 1847–1920

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Weimar Republic (1918–33)

After the loss of the First World War, Germany was transformed into what became known as the Weimar Republic, which was subject to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. The military restrictions imposed by the treaty required the reduction of the German Army to 100,000 men,

See also

  • Field marshal (United Kingdom)
  • Field marshal (Russia)
  • Fältmarskalk
  • List of Swedish field marshals
  • List of German colonel generals
  • Selected Biographies of German Generals and Admirals

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