Field Marshall Arpád Albert Graf und Freiherr von Bothmer zu Schwegerhoff

Arpád Graf und Freiherr von Bothmer zu Schwegerhoff was born in Ardó, Hungary in the county of Ugocsa on September 17, 1858. His parents were Carl Alexander Friedrich Graf und Freiherr von Bothmer zu Schwegerhoff and Rosa von Szabó de Sepsi-Szant-György. His father was born in Eickhoff, the family estate. He was one of six children; Gabor, Maria, Malvine, Belá, Arpád and Eugen. He married Helene Marie Isidora von Pilaszanovits in Budapest, Hungary on March 15, 1890. They had four children; Lili Gabriele Marie, Karl Joseph Albert, Eugenie Margarethe, and Otto Christian Friedrich Ernst.

Arpád Graf und Freiherr von Bothmer zu Schwegerhoff, was k.u.k. Major General, Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown III Class, owner of military Merit and the war medal etz, He was appointed a lieutenant in 1879 to k.k. Infantry Regiment No. 67 and took part in 1882 to defeat the uprising in Herzegovina as Kompagnieoffizer. Then in 1889 as a lieutenant on the Royal-Honvéd infanterie he translated and then acted in the years 1908 to 1911 as a colonel and commander of the Hungarian Royal Gyulaer 2nd - Honvéd Infantry Regiment. Since November 1911 Major General Arpád Graf und Freiherr von Bothmer zu Schwegerhoff was the Commander of the Royal Hungarian 75th Honvéd Infantry Brigade in Kolozsvar. For his merits as a military commander he was awarded The Order of the Iron Crown III Class in 1910.

He died in Duna-Almás on July 3, 1938.

References

*Die Familie von Bothmer by Dr. Hermann von Bothmer
*Interview with George Criser Graf und Freiherr von Bothmer zu Schwegerhoff
*Der Oesterreichische-Kaiserliche Orden Der Eisernen Krone und Seine Mitglieder - Wien 1912