Gustav von Alvensleben was a Prussia

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General of the Infantry (Germany)

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Biography

Gustav von Alvensleben was born in Eichenbarleben

Eichenbarleben

Eichenbarleben is a village and a former municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Hohe Börde.-Notable residents:*Gustav von Alvensleben , general...

, he joined the Prussian Army

Prussian Army

The Royal Prussian Army was the army of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was vital to the development of Brandenburg-Prussia as a European power.The Prussian Army had its roots in the meager mercenary forces of Brandenburg during the Thirty Years' War...

 in 1821.

Alvensleben served in the Kaiser Alexander

Alexander I of Russia

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 Guard Grenadierregiment No 1. In 1849 Alvensleben became Chief of Staff of the Prussian Corps in the insurrection in Baden

Baden

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 and in 1850 Chief of Staff of the VIII Army Corps. Alvensleben became the military governor of the Prussian Rhine Province

Rhine Province

The Rhine Province , also known as Rhenish Prussia or synonymous to the Rhineland , was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822-1946. It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and Jülich-Cleves-Berg...

 and Westphalia

Province of Westphalia

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 in 1854 and the personal adjutant of King William I of Prussia in 1861. In this position he signed the Alvensleben Convention

Alvensleben Convention

The Alvensleben Convention was a treaty between the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, named after general Gustav von Alvensleben. It was signed in St. Petersburg on 8 February 1863 by Alvensleben and Alexander Gorchakov.- The Convention :...

 with Russia to co-ordinate Russian and Prussian politics throughout the Polish January Uprising

January Uprising

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He served in the Royal headquarter in the Austro-Prussian War

Austro-Prussian War

The Austro-Prussian War was a war fought in 1866 between the German Confederation under the leadership of the Austrian Empire and its German allies on one side and the Kingdom of Prussia with its German allies and Italy on the...

 of 1866 and led the peace negotiatons with George V of Hanover

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. On 30 October 1866 he took over the command of the IV Corps

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. In 1868 Alvensleben was promoted to General der Infanterie and commanded the IV Corps in the Battles of Beaumont

Battle of Beaumont

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 and Sedan

Battle of Sedan

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 in the Franco-Prussian War

Franco-Prussian War

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He retired on 10 October 1872 and died on 30 June 1881 in Gernrode

Gernrode

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