Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch (15 March 1790 in Potsdam - 9 June 1850 in Berlin) was a lieutenant general in the

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. Born in Potsdam, he was the son of major general

Bonaventura von Rauch Johann Bonaventura von Rauch (25 July 1740 – 9 February 1814) was a Prussian Army major general. His sons Gustav, Leopold and Friedrich Wilhelm also took up military careers and became general as well. Life He was born in Peterskirchen/Oberbay ...

and took part in the War of the Fourth Coalition. He served as an adjutant general to King Frederick William IV of Prussia and as Prussia's

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at the Russian court of Emperor Nicholas I. He died in Berlin. 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 Moltke, 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 ''( Rittmeister)'' at the Gardes du Corps and II 1854 Wilhelm von Schönermarck, Prussian Colonel;

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to Princess Marie of Prussia, wife of Prince Charles of Prussia * 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 Finlan ...

; lady-in-waiting to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna * Marie (1823–1855) * Alfred Bonaventura (1824–1900), Prussian general of the cavalry, adjutant general to the German Emperors and founder of Berlin's Army

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* Amélie (1825–1850) * Friedrich Wilhelm (1827–1907), Prussian lieutenant general and commander of the 14th Cavalry Brigade *

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(1829–1875), Prussian colonel and commanding officer of the „ Zieten Hussars“ 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

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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 ( Almanach de Gotha)'', volumes B VII (1965), p. 335 et seqq., and B XXI (1995), p. 434 et seqq. * David E. Barclay: ''Frederick William IV and the Prussian Monarchy 1840–1861''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, p. 153 et seq. Lieutenant generals of Prussia Prussian Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars 1790 births 1850 deaths Friedrich Wilhelm (1790-1850) Military personnel from Potsdam {{Germany-mil-bio-stub