Carl Philipp Wilhelm of Rango

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Carl Philipp Wilhelm von Rango (born December 8, 1764 in Kolberg , † March 16, 1827 in Minden ) was a Prussian colonel and commander of the Minden fortress .

Life

origin

He was a son of Johann Carl Friedrich von Rango (1725–1769) and his wife Henriette Sophie Wilhelmine, born von Münchow (1727–1806) from the House of Ticino. His father was dean of the Kolberg cathedral chapter and heir to Trieglaff . After the father's death, the property went bankrupt and was bought by Gotthilf Christian Curt von Mellin (1748–1800) in 1774. His brother Friedrich Heinrich (1753–1828) died as a postmaster in Aschersleben .

Military career

Rango was taught in his parents' home and attended the cadet house in Stolp and Berlin . In 1780 he came to the Prussian King Friedrich II as a personal page . He also accompanied the king on trips until his death. Since he had remained a long page at the request of the king, his successor Friedrich Wilhelm II transferred the now 22-year-old to the "Schwerin" infantry regiment as a second lieutenant on June 27, 1786 . On November 15, 1787, he came as a regimental adjutant in the infantry regiment "von Möllendorf" . There he became prime lieutenant on March 2, 1796 and came September 14, 1797 into the infantry regiment "von Sanitz" . Here Rango was promoted to staff captain and on October 2, 1802 to company commander . The king awarded him the prebend of the St. Stephen's monastery in Magdeburg.

In the War of the Fourth Coalition Rango fought in the Battle of Jena . His horse was shot in a vanguard battle and he was able to pull his superior, Colonel Schimonsky, out from under his horse before both had to surrender after violent resistance . They came to Erfurt and were released on word of honor from there. Rango was made inactive, but promoted to major on March 5, 1810 for his courage . In the run-up to the Wars of Liberation , he was assigned to the garrison battalion of the 1st West Prussian Infantry Regiment on January 12, 1813 . Rango came from there on July 1, 1813, as a commander in the 2nd Lithuanian Reserve Fusilier Battalion . In the first battle near Blankensee, the battalion received a commendation and he received the Iron Cross, 2nd class. Rango was seriously wounded in the head in the Battle of Dennewitz , and he was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir IV class. He recovered and was captured in the battle on the Mulde near Dessau while defending a bridge on October 12, 1813. He was brought to Wittenberg, where he was freed again after the fall of the city in January 1814. On March 19, 1814 he was then commander of the 4th Elbe Landwehr Regiment and shortly afterwards on April 19, 1814, commander of the 3rd Elbe Landwehr Regiment. In the battle of Ligny he was in the village of Ligny and the village of St. Amand. For this he received the Order of Saint Anne II Class.

At Wavre he covered the retreat at the Wavre forest, where the regiment lost a third of its strength. He then fought at Namur , Marienburg, Philippeville, Charlemont, Givet, Mezieres and Sedan, as well as at Belle Alliance , where the regiment captured Napoleon's carriage near Genappe. Rango was born on June 19, 1815 lieutenant colonel and 30 March 1818 , Colonel . From March 12, 1820 to March 29, 1823 he was in command of the 27th Landwehr Infantry Regiment. He then retired from active service due to illness and was made inactive. On October 13, 1823 he was appointed in command of the Minden Fortress, where he died on March 16, 1827. His grave in the old cemetery in Minden has been preserved.

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family

Rango married Augustine von Leithold in 1791, but the marriage was divorced again. The couple had several children including:

  • Wilhelm Carl Adolf (1792-1814)
  • Friedrich Ludwig (1794–1861), writer ∞ Henriette Pauline von Krüger (1813–1868)

After the divorce, Range Wilhelmine von Wolffradt , the daughter of Colonel of the Artillery Martin Bernhard von Wolffradt († 1800), married.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Friedrich Wachs: Historical-diplomatic history of the old town Colberg, in it the news of the castle, of the Reverend Dom-Chapter and Royal Virgins-Closter are given and put in a light by many interspersed original documents. P. 254.
  2. ↑ Friedrich Ludwig von Wachholtz: From the diary of General Fr. L. von Wachholtz. P. 197.
  3. ↑ Ruebezahl der Schlesische Provinzialblaetter. Volume 31, p. 568.
personal data
SURNAME Rango, Carl Philipp Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian colonel, in command of the Minden fortress
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH Kolberg
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1827
Place of death Minden