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Paul Andreas von Rennenkampff
Russian general (1790–1857) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paul Andreas Edler[a] von Rennenkampff[b] (Russian: Па́вел Я́ковлевич Ренненка́мпф, tr. Pável Yákovlevich Rennenkámpf; 9 March [O.S. 26 February] 1790 – 8 December [O.S. 26 November] 1857 or 26 December [O.S. 14] 1857) was a Baltic German nobleman, military commander and Statesman in the service of the Imperial Russian Army. Rennenkampff was noted for his distinguished roles during the Suppression of the South Ossetians in 1830 and the Crimean War, especially during the Siege of Sevastopol.
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Biography
Origin
Paul Andreas Edler von Rennenkampff was born on 9 March [O.S. 26 February] 1790 in the Helme Manor (German: Schloss Helmet) at Helmet in the Governorate of Livonia (present-day Helme, Estonia), to Jakob Johann von Rennenkampff and Elizabeth Dorothea von Anrep. The Rennenkampffs was of Westphalian origin and was originated in Osnabrück. He was the great-uncle[4][5] of the famed World War I general Paul von Rennenkampf.
Family
As part of a wealthy noble family, Rennenkampff had a lot of siblings, including his older brothers Karl Jakob Alexander von Rennenkampff (1783-1854), a writer, captain and chamberlain in Holstein-Oldenburg, and Gustav Reinhold Georg (1784-1869), an army officer in Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, politician and economist. In 1832, Rennenkampff married Anna Maria von Vegesack (1808-1881), they had one child, Johann Paul Alexander von Rennenkampff (1836-1838). Although some sources claimed that Rennenkampff had another child named Nikolaus Jakob Otto von Rennenkampff, but that was never confirmed. But either way, even if both children existed, neither of them survived through childhood.[5]
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Honours and awards
Domestic
Order of St. Anna, 4th class (1813)
Golden sword with the inscription "For Bravery"- Order of St. Anna, 1st class with imperial crown (1.1.1831, imperial crown on (14.10.1831)
- Order of St. George, 4th class "For 25 years of service" (1831)
Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class (14.3.1842)
Order of the White Eagle with swords (1855)
Foreign
Kingdom of Prussia:
Pour le Mérite (1814)
Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with a star (1835)
French Third Republic:
Legion of Honour, Knight class (1814)
Qajar dynasty:
Order of the Lion and the Sun, 1st class (1828)
Austrian Empire:
Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class (1835)
Kingdom of Denmark:
Order of Dannebrog, Grand Commander class (1836)[6]
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Notes
- Regarding personal names: Edler was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as a noble (one). Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine form is Edle.
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