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| Birth name | Otto Wladislaus Eduard Konstantin von Garnier |
| Born | (1858-05-01)1 May 1858 |
| Died | 17 June 1947(1947-06-17) (aged 89) |
| Buried | Baden-Baden cemetery |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) |
| Branch |  Imperial German Army |
| Years of service | 1876–1918 |
| Rank | General of the Cavalry |
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| Battles / wars | World War I |
Otto Wladislaus Eduard Konstantin von Garnier (German pronunciation:[ɔto:fɔngarni:r]; 1 May 1858 – 17 June 1947) was a German General of the Cavalry duringWorld War I.
Otto von Garnier was born in Neustadt in Oberschlesien (currentlyPrudnik,Poland) as a son of aPrussian,Lieutenant Otto Wladislaus Aloys Joseph Ernst Eduard von Garnier (1830–1908), and his wife Agnes Laurette von Mitzlaff (1837–1914).
On 1 October 1876 von Garnier joined theHusaren-Regiment „Graf Goetzen“ Nr. 6 as aFahnenjunker. Later, he became aRittmeister and joined theGroßer Generalstab inBerlin. He was promoted tomajor on 22 March 1897, and anOberstleutnant on 11 September 1903.
During World War I he served as a division- and corps-level commander of Imperial German troops. He was in command of4th Cavalry Division, which was part of the force that moved into neutralBelgium to invest the fortress city ofLiege.[1][2] He was severely wounded atCiechanów on 21 November 1914. In August - September 1915, at the head of the cavalry corps, he led the Sventsyansky breakthrough (Конница в Виленской операции 1915-го). He was awarded with aPour le Mérite on 17 October 1916.[3] He replacedErich von Gündell as a commander ofV. Reservekorps and Franz von Soden as a commander ofVII. Reservekorps.[4][5] Garnier retired from active duty in March 1918. His daughter Huberta had marriedGeneral of the InfantryDietrich von Choltitz.[6]
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