Friedhelm von Ranke

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Friedhelm (Friduhelm) Johannes Arnold Ranke , von Ranke since 1865 (born September 17, 1847 in Berlin , † June 22, 1917 in Jena ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

origin

He is the third son of the historian Leopold von Ranke and Klarissa Graves, who was elevated to hereditary nobility in 1865 .

Military career

Ranke joined the Kaiser Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1 of the Prussian Army as a fusilier after visiting the University of Berlin on August 4, 1866 . On February 9, 1867 appointed portepeefähnrich , followed on May 16, 1867 his promotion to secondary lieutenant . Ranke was at the beginning of the war against France until October 30, 1870 for service with the 1st mobile battalion of the 1st Guard Grenadier Landwehr Regiment and then until March 24, 1871 for service with the III. Battalion commands. This was followed by a position as a company commander at the non-commissioned officer school in Weißenfels before Ranke graduated from the War Academy for three years from October 1, 1871 . As a prime lieutenant he returned to the service and on May 1, 1875 he was assigned to the General Staff for one year . In position à la suite of his regiment, he was transferred to the Potsdam War School on January 14, 1879 . Left in this command, Ranke was placed à la suite of the Guard Fusilier Regiment on January 27, 1880 and promoted to captain on February 14, 1880 . He ended his teaching activities on January 3, 1884 and returned to service as a company commander . Promoted to major with a patent dated September 2, 1889 , Ranke was transferred to the infantry regiment "von Courbière" (2nd Posensches) no . Initially he worked here as a battalion commander and on May 13, 1895, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel as a regular staff officer in the regimental staff. As a colonel , Ranke was in command of the Magdeburg Fusilier Regiment No. 36 from July 20, 1897 to May 17, 1901 . Ranke was then promoted to major general commander of the 18th Infantry Brigade in Liegnitz . Ranke was released from this post on May 16, 1902 and put up for disposal with the statutory pension . After his departure, he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves, on June 3, 1902 . He died of tongue cancer on June 22, 1917 at the age of 69 .

family

In 1884 he married his grandniece Selma Ranke, the daughter of Heinrich Ranke . Both lived in Rudolstadt . The marriage had five children, including the historian Ermentrude Bäcker von Ranke .

literature

  • Commemorative sheets for the ranking list of the Kaiser Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1. Berlin 1899. pp. 191–192.
  • Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, Gotha, 1907, p. 622 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Friedrich-Wilhelm Patzold: Liegnitz as a garrison town 1742-1945 (= volume 28 of contributions to the history of Liegnitz). Verlag Henske – Neumann, 1998, p. 72.
  2. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments as well as the hunter and machine gun battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag. Osnabrück 1992. ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 . P. 130.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 51 of June 7, 1902. p. 1371.
personal data
SURNAME Ranke, Friedhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ranke, Friedhelm Johannes Arnold von (full name); Ranke, Friduhelm from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1917
Place of death Jena