Alfred Bonaventura von Rauch (1 April 1824, Potsdam - 25 September 1900, Berlin) was a

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in the

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and an amateur jockey. He was born in Potsdam and died in Berlin. Born into an aristocratic Prussian family with a tradition of military service, he was the son of the Prussian Lieutenant General

Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch (1790-1850) Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch (15 March 1790 in Potsdam - 9 June 1850 in Berlin) was a lieutenant general in the Prussian Army. Born in Potsdam, he was the son of major general Bonaventura von Rauch and took part in the War of the Fourth Coalition. ...

, military attache in

St Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and adjutant general to King Frederick William IV of Prussia, and his wife Laurette, née Countess von Moltke. He was the grandson of Major General

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(1740-1814) and nephew of the

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Gustav von Rauch Johann Justus Georg Gustav von Rauch (1 April 1774, in Braunschweig – 2 April 1841, in Berlin) was a Prussian general of the infantry and Minister of War from 1837 to 1841. Life Gustav von Rauch was born as the eldest son of the later ...

, Prussian Minister of War from 1837 to 1841 and honorary citizen of Berlin. In 1851 he married Elisabeth, née Countess von Brühl,

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to Queen consort Elisabeth Ludovika of Prussia. Elisabeth von Brühl was daughter of Count Carl von Brühl,

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of the Prussian royal theatres, and great-granddaughter of Count Heinrich von Brühl, statesman at the court of Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He started his career in 1842 and served as an adjutant general to the German Emperors from 1884 to 1894. In 1862 he was one of the founders of Berlin's Army

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. His son Friedrich von Rauch also took up a military career und became general of the cavalry as well. Rauch was buried in his family's grave at the Berlin Invalids' Cemetery. His grave is still preserved today.

Sources

* Kurt von Priesdorff: ''Soldatisches Führertum'', Vol.8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, 1941, pgs.16–17 * ''Zum Fünfzigjährigen Dienstjubiläum des Generals der Kavallerie und Generaladjutanten Weiland Seiner Majestät des Kaisers und Königs Wilhelm I., Präses der Generalordenskommission von Rauch I.'' In: ''Militär-Wochenblatt.'' #45, 24 May 1893, pp. 1229–1232. * ''Die Familie v. Rauch in der Preußischen Armee.'' In: ''Militär-Wochenblatt.'' #79, 6 September 1893, pp. 1979–1985. 1824 births 1900 deaths Prussian generals Alfred Bonaventura Military personnel from Potsdam {{Germany-mil-bio-stub