Friedrich Leopold Bonaventura von Rauch (15 February 1855 in

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– 22 April 1935 in Berlin) was a Prussian

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and born into an aristocratic Prussian family with a long history of military service.

Life

He served from 1871 to 1911 and was the son of the General of the Cavalry

Alfred Bonaventura von Rauch Alfred Bonaventura von Rauch (1 April 1824, Potsdam - 25 September 1900, Berlin) was a general of the cavalry in the Prussian Army and an amateur jockey. He was born in Potsdam and died in Berlin. Born into an aristocratic Prussian family with a ...

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, and his wife Elisabeth, née Countess of Brühl, lady-in-waiting to Queen consort Elisabeth Ludovika of Prussia. He was the great-grandson of Major General Bonaventura von Rauch (1740-1814) and grandson of Lieutenant General Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch (1790-1850), adjutant general to King Frederick William IV of Prussia. On his mother´s side he was grandson of Count Carl von Brühl (1772-1837), Superintendent general of the

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. He was first married to Anna von Behr- Schmoldow (1865-1896), owner of the Schmoldow estate in

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. Amélie von Bülow-

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of Grand Duchess consort Marie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, became his second wife. Rauch was buried in his family's grave at the Berlin Invalids´ Cemetery next to his parents and grandparents. The grave site of the Rauch family is still preserved today (restored after the German reunification). Friedrich (1855-1935) Prussian generals 1855 births 1935 deaths Military personnel from Berlin {{Germany-mil-bio-stub