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Curt Karl Bruno von François (2 October 1852 – 28 December 1931) was a Schutztruppe officer and commissioner in the early days of German colonialism in German South-West Africa (today's Namibia). He is also remembered as the founder of the present-day City of Windhoek. ==Life== François was born in Luxembourg of French Huguenot ancestry, the son of Prussian general Bruno von François. Curt's younger brother Hermann von François (1856–1933) served as a general in World War I and was one of the key contributors to the German victory at the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg. The writer Louise von François was his aunt. Like his ancestors, young Curt von François joined the Prussian Cadet Corps. He served as a soldier in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, whereby his father was killed in action during the Battle of Spicheren on 6 August 1870, and was awarded the Iron Cross. In 1883 he worked as a geographer on an exploratory expedition along the Kasai River in the Congo region under the leadership of Hermann Wissmann and two years later joined another expedition into the Congo led by George Grenfell. Back in Germany, he became a member of the German General Staff, and was elevated to the rank of ''Hauptmann'' (Captain). In 1887 he was stationed as an research officer in German West Africa. On behalf of the Foreign Office, he explored Togoland and the trade route to Salaga up to the Mossi territory in the north.
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