Amand of Ruville

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Amand Ernest Eugen von Ruville (born October 28, 1816 in Stendal , † December 28, 1884 in Berlin ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

He was the son of lieutenant colonel a. D. Alexander von Ruville (1780–1841) and his wife Philippine, née von Hirschfeld (1788–1861). She was a daughter of the Prussian general of the infantry Karl Friedrich von Hirschfeld .

Military career

Ruville visited the cadet houses in Potsdam and Berlin . On August 5, 1833, he was as Portepeefähnrich the 1st Guards Regiment walk the Prussian Army transferred. There he was promoted to second lieutenant in August 1834 . In 1848 he took part in the suppression of street fighting in Berlin and rose to prime lieutenant in May of the same year . Four years later, Ruville became a captain and, in May 1854, was appointed company commander. When he was promoted to major , he came to Aachen on November 6, 1858 as commander of the 1st battalion in the 25th Landwehr Regiment . On May 8, 1860, Ruville was commanded to lead the battalion in the 25th Combined Infantry Regiment, from which the 5th Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 65 was formed shortly afterwards . He acted here as commander of the 1st Battalion in Cologne until April 1, 1861 and was then appointed commander of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg-Strelitz contingent under position à la suite of the 1st Guards Regiment on foot . In this position, Ruville was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 17, 1863, and on October 24, 1865, he was appointed Commander of the House Order of the Wendish Crown .

On January 18, 1866, he was transferred to Ratibor , initially entrusted with the leadership of the 1st Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 22 and on April 3, 1866 appointed regimental commander. He led his regiment in the same year during the war against Austria in the battle of Königgrätz and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III for his behavior . Excellent with swords. On August 12, 1869, he had taken with the statutory board his major general farewell .

With the beginning of the war against France , Ruville was appointed commander of the 5th Landwehr Brigade on July 18, 1870, subject to disposition . After winning the battle of Amiens , he was appointed commander of Amiens on December 8, 1870 for the duration of his mobile relationship and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class. After the peace treaty , Ruville was charged with representing the commandant of Nancy from May 23 to August 14, 1871 . Subsequently, his mobilization provision was lifted and he was returned to the inactive relationship. On December 9, 1871, he received the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross, 1st class.

Ruville was a legal knight of the Order of St. John . After his death, he was buried on January 2, 1885 in the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin.

family

Ruville had married Mathilde Luise Countess zu Lynar (1830-1859) on July 26, 1852 at Lübbenau Castle . The marriage produced several children, including:

After her untimely death, he married Agnes Sophie von Bülow (1841–1884) in Berlin on November 17, 1866.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses, 1858, p.467
  2. ↑ But she got divorced again and married the diplomat Egmont von Winckler (1847–1913) in 1873 , cf.: Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1917. Eleventh year, p.955f
personal data
SURNAME Ruville, Amand of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruville, Amand Ernest Eugen von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Stendal
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1884
Place of death Berlin