The following units and commanders took part in the Battle of Königgrätz on July 3, 1866. Compiled from the Prussian Army's Official History of the war.

Ranks and translations

Prussian Armies

King William I of Prussia
General der Infanterie Helmuth von Moltke

First Army

General der Kavallerie Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
Chief of Staff: Generalleutnant

Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz (16 July 1809 – 14 April 1877) was a Prussian general who served in the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. Biography Voights-Rhetz was borned in Seesen in the Duchy of Brunswick, then part of ...

III Corps 3rd Corps, Third Corps, III Corps, or 3rd Army Corps may refer to: France * 3rd Army Corps (France) * III Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * III Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of th ...

General der Kavallerie Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia

IV Corps

II Corps 2nd Corps, Second Corps, or II Corps may refer to: France * 2nd Army Corps (France) * II Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * II Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French ...

Generalleutnant Stephan von Schmidt

Cavalry Corps

General der Kavallerie Prince Albert of Prussia

Second Army

General der Infanterie Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia
Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal

Guard Corps

General der Kavallerie Prince August of Württemberg

I Corps

General der Infanterie Adolf von Bonin

V Corps

General der Infanterie Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz

VI Corps

General der Kavallerie Louis von Mutius

Elbe Army

General der Infanterie

Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld (4 September 1796 – 2 September 1884) was a Prussian field marshal (German: ''Generalfeldmarschall''). Biography Herwarth von Bittenfeld was born in Werther, Thuringia, into an aristocratic family which h ...

The Elbe Army was in effect the VIII Corps reinforced by the 14th Division. Bittenfeld was simultaneously commander of the Army and VIII Corps
Chief of Staff: Colonel Ludwig von Schlotheim

I Reserve Corps

Generalleutnant Gustav von der MülbeThe Reserve Corps did not take part in the battle. The leading element of the Corps, the Landwehr Guards Division, did not arrive until the evening following.

Austrian North Army

Feldzeugmeister Ludwig von Benedek
Chief of Staff: Feldmarschall-Leutnant

Alfred von Henikstein Alfred Freiherr von Henikstein (11 August 1810 – 29 January 1882) was the highest ranking Jewish officer in the Austrian army and chief of staff before and during the Austro-Prussian War. Henikstein was born in Oberdöbling near Vienna, th ...

1st Corps

General der Kavallerie

Eduard Clam-Gallas Count Eduard Clam-Gallas (, in Prague – , in Vienna) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian general. He was the eldest son of Count Christian Christoph Clam-Gallas (1771–1838), patron of Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven, and Countess Josephine Clary ...

Deputy: General-Major Leopold Gondrecourt

2nd Corps

Feldmarschall-Leutnant Karl von Thun und Hohenstein
Deputy: General-Major Josip Filipović

3rd Corps

Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Ernest
Deputy: General-Major Alois von Baumgarten

4th Corps

Feldmarschall-Leutnant Tassilo Festetics de Tolna
Deputy: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Anton Mollinary von Monte Pastello

6th Corps

Feldmarschall-Leutnant Wilhelm von Ramming
Deputy: General-Major August Kochmeister

8th Corps

Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Leopold Ludwig
Deputy: General-Major Joseph Weber

10th Corps

Feldmarschall-Leutnant Ludwig von Gablenz
Deputy: General-Major Alexander Freiherr von Koller