His father, an administrator of agricultural enterprises, sent him to a Realgymnasium in Halle in 1865, seemingly in the hope that his eldest son would follow him in his profession. Mackensen was born in Haus Leipnitz, near the village of Dahlenberg (today part of Trossin) in the Prussian Province of Saxony, to Ludwig and Marie Louise Mackensen. Senior NSDAP members suspected him of disloyalty to the Third Reich, but nothing was proven against him. During the Nazi era (1933–1945), Mackensen remained a committed monarchist and sometimes appeared at official functions in his First World War uniform.

He retired from the army in 1920 in 1933 Hermann Göring made him a Prussian state councillor. After the armistice of November 1918 the victorious Allies interned Mackensen in Serbia for a year. He commanded successfully during the First World War of 1914–1918 and became one of the German Empire's most prominent and competent military leaders.

Habighorst, Province of Hanover, Allied-occupied Germany Īnton Ludwig Friedrich August von Mackensen (born Mackensen 6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), ennobled as 'von Mackensen' in 1899, was a German field marshal.

Haus Leipnitz, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation

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