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Fedor Alexander Gustav von Rauch (8 August 1822 in

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- 15 January 1892) was a cavalry officer in the

Prussian Army The Royal Prussian Army (1701–1919, german: Königlich Preußische Armee) served as the army of the Kingdom of Prussia. It became vital to the development of Brandenburg-Prussia as a European power. The Prussian Army had its roots in the co ...

and son of the

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and general of the infantry

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 ...

Biography

Fedor von Rauch was born in Berlin on 8 August 1822. He became ' Oberstallmeister' ( chief equerry) on the privy councils of the German Emperors

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, Frederick III and

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. He also took a major part in horse breeding and racing, becoming vice-president of the Union Club in Berlin (modelled on the British

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). In 1856 Fedor von Rauch married Elisabeth Countess von Waldersee (1837–1914),

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to Grand Duchess consort Marie von Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

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