Alfred von Schlieffen

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Generalfeldmarschall Graf Alfred von Schlieffen
Alfred von Schlieffen in 1906
Chief of the German Great General Staff
In office 7 February 1891 – 1 January 1906
Monarch	Wilhelm II
Chancellor	Leo von Caprivi Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Bernhard von Bülow
Preceded by	Alfred von Waldersee
Succeeded by	Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
Personal details
Born	(1833-02-28)28 February 1833 Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Died	4 January 1913(1913-01-04) (aged 79) Berlin, German Empire
Resting place	Invalidenfriedhof, Berlin
Spouse	Anna Gräfin von Schlieffen ​ ​ (m. 1868; died 1872)​
Children	2
Known for	the Schlieffen Plan
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Prussia (1853–1871)  German Empire  Kingdom of Prussia (1871–1906)
Branch/service	Prussian Army Imperial German Army
Years of service	1853–1906
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall
Commands	1st Guards Uhlans
Battles/wars	Austro-Prussian War Battle of Königgrätz Franco-Prussian War
Awards	Order of the Black Eagle

Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (German pronunciation: [ˈʃliːfn̩]; 28 February 1833 – 4 January 1913) was a German field marshal and strategist who served as chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906.^[1] His name lived on in the 1905–06 "Schlieffen Plan",^[2] then Aufmarsch I, a deployment plan and operational guide for a decisive initial offensive operation/campaign in a two-front war against the French Third Republic.