1940s, Hitler and Joseph Goebbels suspected Mackensen of disloyalty but refrained from taking action. Mackensen remained a committed monarchist and in June 1941 appeared in full imperial uniform at Kaiser Wilhelm funeral at Doorn, in the Netherlands. According to a radio news report dated 15 April 1945 that was filed by the CBS News correspondent Larry LeSueur for World News Today, Mackensen was briefly captured by the British Second Army at his home during the closing weeks of the Second World War. Upon the arrival of the British, apparently not commenting on the general rout, the 95-year-old Mackensen merely asked the new powers-that-be that "freed foreign workers" be prevented "from stealing his chicken". Mackensen died on 8 November 1945 at the age of 95, his life having spanned the Kingdom of Prussia, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the postwar Allied occupation of Germany. He was buried in the Celle cemetery. Family In November 1879, Mackensen married Dorothea von Horn (1854–1905), and they had five children: Else Mackensen (1881/2–1888) Hans Georg von Mackensen (1883–1947), diplomat Manfred von Mackensen (1886–1947) Eberhard von Mackensen (1889–1969), Generaloberst, German Army Ruth von Mackensen (1897–1945) In 1908, after the death of his first wife, Mackensen married Leonie von der Osten (1878–1963). Mackensen and his family were Lutheran Protestants in the Evangelical Church of Prussia. Quote On 4 February 1940, Mackensen wrote to then Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch: Honours Grand Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph, 1900 Pour le Mérite (military), 27 November 1914 – for his work on the Russian front; with Oak Leaves, 14 June 1915 Grand Cross of the Military Order of Max Joseph, 4 June 1915 Grand Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, 1915 Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, August 1915 Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen, September 1915 Military Merit Cross, 1st Class with Diamonds, 6 December 1915 Commander of the Military Order of St. Henry, 1st Class, 6 December 1915 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, 9 January 1917 Iron Cross 2nd Class 1870 Version with commemorative oak leaves bearing on them the number 25 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the german victory in the Franco-Prussian war given to all recipients of the iron cross 2nd class of 1870 Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 Version Grand Cross of the Order of St.