Prince Kraft of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen

[1] Educated with great rigour, owing to the impoverishment of the family estates during the Napoleonic Wars, Kraft was sent into the Prussian Army.

For a time his fellow officers resented the presence of a prince, until it was found that he made no attempt to use his social position to secure advancement.

[1] After serving as a military attaché in Vienna and on the Transylvanian frontier during the Crimean War, Kraft was made a captain on the general staff, and in 1856 personal aide-de-camp to the king, remaining, however, in close touch with the artillery.

As commander of the Guard artillery brigade Kraft gained great distinction during the Franco-Prussian War, especially at Gravelotte and Sedan.

[1] Kraft's memoirs (Aus meinem Leben) were prepared in retirement near Dresden, and the first volume (1897) created such a sensation that eight years were allowed to elapse before the publication was continued.