Henning von Tresckow was born on 10 January 1901 in Magdeburg, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire [now Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He was married to Erika von Falkenhayn. He died on 21 July 1944 in Królowy Most, German-occupied Poland [now Królowy Most, Poland].