Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch (15 March 1790 in

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- 9 June 1850 in

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) was a lieutenant general in the Prussian Army. Born in

, he was the son of major general Bonaventura von Rauch and took part in the

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. He served as an

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to King Frederick William IV of Prussia and as Prussia's military attaché at the

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court of

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. He died in

. His restored tomb monument is still there in the

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. His sons Alfred Bonaventura and Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch also became generals.

Marriage and children

Rauch married in 1816 with Laurette Reichsgräfin von

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, daughter of Friedrich Detlev Reichsgraf von Moltke, Oberjägermeister to King Frederick William III. of Prussia.
They had seven children: * Blanka (1817–1905), who married I 1843 Roderich Freiherr Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim, Prussian Cavalry Captain ''(

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)'' at the

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and II 1854 Wilhelm von Schönermarck, Prussian Colonel; lady-in-waiting to Princess Marie of Prussia, wife of

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* Elisabeth (Elise) (1820–1909), who married 1855 Count Paul Fersen, Russian Oberjägermeister to

Emperor Alexander II Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Fin ...

; lady-in-waiting to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna * Marie (1823–1855) * Alfred Bonaventura (1824–1900), Prussian general of the cavalry, adjutant general to the

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s and founder of Berlin's Army Steeplechase in

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* Amélie (1825–1850) * Friedrich Wilhelm (1827–1907), Prussian lieutenant general and commander of the 14th Cavalry Brigade * Egmont (1829–1875), Prussian colonel and commanding officer of the „

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“ Regiment (Brandenburg) No. 3; founder of the Sächsisch-Thüringische Reit- und Pferdezuchtverein (Equestrian and Horse-Breeding Association of Saxony and Thuringia) and of the horse races in Halle (Saale)

Bibliography

* ''Gothaisches Adliges Taschenbuch'' (''Gotha Almanac Peerage Paperback''), volumes B 1928 (older genealogy), p. 468 et seqq., and 1939, p. 480 et seqq. * ''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (

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)'', volumes B VII (1965), p. 335 et seqq., and B XXI (1995), p. 434 et seqq. *

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: ''Frederick William IV and the Prussian Monarchy 1840–1861''. Oxford:

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