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'Georg Friedrich Graf von Hertling' (August 31, 1843 – January 4, 1919) was a Bavarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bavaria and as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1917 to 1918.
As leader of the largest party in the Bavarian Landtag Hertling was appointed Bavarian Prime Minister in 1912 by Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria. Following the outbreak of World War I Hertling supported the policy of Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg but rejected to become his successor. Hertling became German Chancellor and Prime Minister of Prussia only after the fall of Georg Michaelis in 1917 but was incapable of meeting the crisis during the final stage of the war. Due to his age and conservatism he was unable to overcome the power of the military high command, led by Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, despite having been a deputy to the Reichstag and a leader of the Centre Party. He was required to resign his seat when he took office under the Kaiser.
In civil life he was a professor of philosophy.
He founded the important German catholic fraternity Askania-Burgundia and was a member of K.St.V. Arminia at Bonn.
His great-granddaughter is actress Gila von Weitershausen.

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★ ''Erinnerungen aus meinen Leben '' "Recollections from my Life" Vol. I at archive.org. In German

★ ''Erinnerungen aus meinen Leben '' "Recollections from my Life" Vol. II at archive.org. In German

★ ''Naturrecht und Socialpolitik'' by Georg von Hertling at Google Books