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Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch (born 1827)

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch, c. 1870/1871

Friedrich Wilhelm Roderich von Rauch (3 January 1827 in Potsdam – 25 March 1907 in Schwerin) was a lieutenant general in the Prussian Army. His father Friedrich Wilhelm and his grandfather Bonaventura both also pursued military careers. He was born in Potsdam and died in Schwerin.

Early life

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Rauch was born in 1827 to lieutenant general Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch and Laurette née Countess von Moltke.[1] He was one of six siblings. On October 30, 1863, he married Katharina von Behr-Negendanck (1842-1897) in the German municipality of Passow, Mecklenburg. [citation needed]

Together they had seven children:

  • colonel Alfred (1864–1948),
  • cadet Wilhelm (1869–1890),
  • Amélie (1870–1921), who married Paul Kriebitz,
  • major Friedrich (Fritz) Egmont Gustav (1874-1945),
  • Elisabeth (1877-1945), who married lieutenant colonel Konrad von Warnstedt,
  • Egmont (1878–1935),
  • first lieutenant Roderich Hermann Armand (1882-1914).

Military career

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In May 1846 Rauch became a second lieutenant and worked from January 1851 as a regimental adjutant. In this position he was promoted to Rittmeister until the end of May 1859. Otto von Bismarck, then a Prussian envoy to St. Petersburg, wrote about him: "The young Rauch is an officer of the kind I always regard as a reserve of diplomacy: his father's calm mind and good manners." Rauch received command of the 1st Squadron in Perleberg and occupied Flensburg with his Uhlans in 1864 in the war against Denmark.[citation needed] He confiscated a number of Danish merchant ships with his soldiers in the harbor, which prompted King Wilhelm I to comment on the entry of Prussian troops into Berlin: "Look at the man who has conquered more ships than the entire Prussian fleet." For his achievements, Rauch received the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch". Geneee. 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2024-10-11.