Moritz von Spies

Moritz Ritter von Spies (December 31, 1805 – October 10, 1862) was a Bavarian Major General and War Minister for two times under Maximilian II of Bavaria.

Biography
Von Spies was born in Ansbach. After holding several officer positions in the Bavarian army, also in Greece, which was governed by prince regent Otto and in the federal war ministry of the Frankfurt Parliament, he became Major General in 1859 in the Generalquartiermeister staff. In 1860 he became commander of the genie troops. Von Spies served as war minister from June 12 to December 11, 1861 and from June 16 October 10, 1862 until his death. He died in Munich.