Hugo von Kathen

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Hugo Karl Gottlieb von Kathen (27 August 1855 – 2 April 1932) was a German infantry general during World War I.

Family

Kathen was born in Freienwalde, Farther Pomerania to the Prussian Major Karl von Kathen (1803–1876) (a landowner from Langenhaken in Pomerania), and Agnes née Schumann (1825–1895). His family came originally from Stralsund, and they became Swedish nobility in 1692. Kathen married Susanne von Dechend (1859–1929), daughter of Reichsbank president Hermann von Dechend (1814–1890), on 27 September 1884 in Berlin. Kathen died in Wiesbaden, Hesse.

Commands held

Medals and decoration

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