Frédéric-Georges Herr

Who was Frédéric-Georges Herr?

Frédéric-Georges Herr was a French general.

The son of an Alsatian surgeon who chose to emigrate to France following the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine after the Franco-Prussian War, Herr entered the École polytechnique in 1874. He married Anne Peugeot, the heiress of the Peugeot family, in 1883. From 1895 to 1902, he took an active part in the colonization of Madagascar under the order of General Gallieni. Promoted General of Division in 1914, he distinguished himself at the battle of Les Éparges and played an important role in the battle of Verdun.