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Draft:Nikolaus Von EndresNikolaus_von_Endres Nikolaus von Endres, Since 1914 Ritter Von Endres, (* 25. October 1862 in Würzburg; † 23. September 1938 in München) was a Kingdom of bavaria General der Infanterie and Kommandierender General of the I. Armee-Korps in the First World war.

Life
Nikolaus Endres was the son of the President of the Regional Court Philipp Endres and his wife Anna, née Schmidt. Karl Von Endres was his brother.

Endres first graduated from gymnasium and then joined the 1st Infantry Regiment "König" of the Bavarian Army as a three-year volunteer on October 1, 1881. There he was appointed Portepéefährich on 18 March 1882 and promoted to Sekondeleutnant on 22 December 1883. On 16 March 1887 he was transferred to the 8th Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Frederick II of Baden" in Metz. Here he was promoted to Premierleutnant on 13 June 1892 and commanded to the War Academy on 1 January 1889. From 22 September 1893 to 30 September 1894 he was adjutant of the 7th Infantry Brigade in Würzburg, was then commanded into the General Staff and promoted to captain on 20 November 1897.

Endres was transferred to the General Staff of the Ingolstadt Governorate on 21 July 1900. In 1901 he was appointed company commander in the 2nd Infantry Regiment "Kronprinz". Next, Endres was transferred to the General Staff of the 1st Division in 1902 and Major on September 21, 1902. He remained there for two years, came to the Central Office of the General Staff and in 1906 to the General Staff of the I Army Corps. Endres was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 11 September 1907, appointed head of department and in 1908 chief of the general staff. As a colonel (since 7 March 1910) he took over the 1st Infantry Regiment on 23 October 1910. Subsequently, he was appointed director of the War Academy and on 21 January 1913 he was promoted to Major General. In March of the same year he took over the 2nd Infantry Brigade.

At the beginning of 1914, Endres received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown from the hands of his king. Associated with this was the elevation to the personal nobility and he was allowed to call himself "Knight Von Endres" from this point on.

With the outbreak of the First World War, Endres was deployed as a brigade commander in the 6th Army on the Western Front. On 6 March 1915 he took over the 1st Infantry Brigade, was shortly afterwards commissioned to lead the 5th Division on 20 April 1915 and promoted to Lieutenant General on 19 May 1915.

Endres replaced Oskar Ritter von Xylander as Commanding General of the I Army Corps on 19 June 1918.

On December 31, 1919, Endres was discharged from the army with simultaneous promotion to General of the Infantry.

Endres kept a diary throughout the First World War, to which he entrusted insights into his time of service and into his world of thought. The handwritten original of the records can be found in the Bavarian Army Museum in Ingolstadt. It was published in 2012.

Endres married Maria Von Thieme on 21 May 1898. They had one son and one daughter.