All Princes of Prussia were commissioned lieutenants in the 1st Foot Guards upon their tenth birthdays. Regimentschef was always the King of Prussia. Regimental Commanders 4. November 1806 – 15. April 1807: Second Lieutenant Julius Ludwig von Pogwisch 16. April 1807 - 20. January 1813: Colonel Gustav Adolph von Kessel († 18. September 1827 as Lt. General) 9. February - 20. June 1813: Major Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch († 23. January 1840 as Lt. General) 20. June 1813 - 5. April 1814: Major Friedrich Johann Carl Gebhard von Alvensleben († 12. February 1831 as Lt. General)