Karl Ritter[a] von Fasbender (3 December 1852 – 13 May 1933) was a Bavarian General der Infanterie who served as a corps commander throughout World War I and briefly commanded an army at the end of the war.

[1] Although he was a native of the Prussian Province of Hesse-Nassau, Fasbender joined the Bavarian Army in 1872.

The motivation was for acts of war supposedly committed by French civilians.

The French later accused him of having these acts committed by his subordinates as a pretext for the ransom.

[5] Fasbender was awarded the Pour le Mérite (the Kingdom of Prussia's highest order of merit) on 13 September 1916.