Maximilian Graf von Verri della Bosia genannt von Külberg auf Gansheim und Berg (1824 –1909) was a

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n general.

Biography

Von Verri della Bosia was a member of an aristocrat family, which came originally from

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, Italy. The family was ennobled by

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in 1724. After his grandfather Josef Ascan Graf Verri della Bosia (1756–1828) moved from Alba to Bavaria, the title was recognized by the Bavarian king Maximilian I. in 1816. Maximilian's father was the Bavarian general Ascan Karl Graf Verri della Bosia (1790–1878). In the rank of

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he was Generalquartiermeister and inspector of military training institutions from 1883 to 1888, and later ''Generalkapitän'' of the

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.''Adelige Lebensbilder aus dem Deutschen Adelsblatt 1906''
Institut Deutsche Adelsforschung.

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