Friedrich Alexander von Rudiger

Fyodor Wassiljewitsch Ridiger (ca.1824)

Count Friedrich "Fritz" Alexander von Rüdiger ( Russian Фёдор Васильевич Ридигер , Fyodor Vasilyevich Ridiger ; * Oct. 1783 in Mitau , † May the thirtieth ^{. Jul} / 11. June 1856 ^greg. In Carlsbad ) was a Russian general.

Life

Origin and family

The Rüdiger family probably came from East Prussia. The family line begins with Johann Jacob Rüdiger († 1733), officials of the ducal Courland domain chamber in Mitau. Fritz was the son of the Kurland state official Jacob Wilhelm Rüdiger (1752–1814) and Elisabeth, b. Rudiger. The father was raised to the imperial aristocracy in Vienna in 1791 and was enrolled in the Courland knighthood in 1799 as a pawn on Kruschkaln and Wahrenbrock. Son Fritz married Louise von Fircks ad H. Samieten (1811-1894) in Mitau in 1836 . Since the marriage remained without heirs, both nephews Johann Friedrich ( Fedor Germanowitsch ) were transferred from Rüdiger (1821–1904), in 1856 both the title of count and the majority in Lublin .

Career

Rüdiger joined the Imperial Russian Army and in 1799 was with a guard regiment. In 1800 he was promoted to major in a hussar regiment. From 1807 he served in the hussar regiment in Grodno, where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1808 . In August 1812 he was promoted to colonel and commander , but in October of the same year he was promoted to major general and head of the regiment . In the Wars of Liberation he fought in the battles near Bautzen , Dresden , Leipzig and the winter campaign against France in 1814, he took part. From 1814 to 1816 he was commander of the Polish Hussar Division, then until 1823 in the same position in the 1st Hussar Division and in 1823 also commander in the 3rd Hussar Division. He was promoted to lieutenant general in 1826 and was commander of the avant-garde in the Russo-Turkish War in 1828 . Thereafter he was in each case commander of the VII. Infantry Corps, in 1830 of the IV. Reserve Cavalry Corps, and after his appointment in April as adjutant general and in October 1831 as general of the cavalry , from November 1831 to 1850 of the III. Infantry Corps. In 1849 he forced the Hungarian army under Görgey to surrender at Világos .

Coat of arms of Count Rüdiger

On October 9, 1847, he was raised to the status of Russian count . In 1850 he was a member of the Imperial Council as a deputy for Poland and, in 1853, deputy governor of Poland . From 1854 to 1855 he held the position of Deputy Military-General-Governor of Warsaw for Gorchakov and from 1855 to 1856 he was commander-in-chief of the guards of the Grenadier Corps. He was the first owner of a majority in Lublin, but was buried in Mitau , St. Trinitatis, Rüdiger Chapel.

Awards (selection)

Order of St. George IV class (1809); III. Class (1813)
Order of St. Anna III. Class (1807); II class (1812); 1st class (1813)
Order of St. Vladimir IV Class (1808); III. Class (1812); II class (1814); 1st class (1829)
Alexander Nevsky Order (1829)
Order of the White Eagle (1849)
Order of Saint Andrew the First Called (1849)
Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class (1813); 1st class (1813)
Leopold Order II class (1814); Grand Cross (1847)
Military Wilhelms Order, 2nd class (1849)
St. Stephen's Order Grand Cross (1850)

literature

Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Friedrich Alexander von Rüdiger. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона . Volume 26a. St. Petersburg 1899, pp. 688–689 (Russian)
Friedrich Alexander von Rudiger . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 23 : Retzius – Ryssland . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1916, Sp. 1317 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

References and comments

↑ It is also called St. Petersburg as the place of death. see. Brockhaus-Efron . Karlsbad, on the other hand, today a district of Riga, is often misinterpreted as the well-known Bohemian health resort .
↑ ^a ^b ^c GHdA , Adelslexikon , Volume XII, Volume 125 of the complete series, Limburg an der Lahn 2001, pp. 94–96.
^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Rüdiger, Jakob Wilhelm, since 1791 v .. In: BBLD - Baltic biographical lexicon digital
^ Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (New Series) , Hamburg 2017, Vol. 7, p. 365; Genealogical Handbook of the Courland Knighthood , Vol. 1, Görlitz, [1939], p. 83.
↑ Also known as Field Marshal General and Governor. see. Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods . (New episode), Hamburg 2017, vol. 7, p. 365.

personal data
SURNAME	From Rüdiger, Friedrich Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Von Rüdiger, Fritz Alexander (nickname); Ridiger, Fyodor Wassiljewitsch; Ридигер, Фёдор Васильевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian general
DATE OF BIRTH	December 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mitau
DATE OF DEATH	June 11, 1856
Place of death	Carlsbad

[1] It is also called St. Petersburg as the place of death. see. Brockhaus-Efron . Karlsbad, on the other hand, today a district of Riga, is often misinterpreted as the well-known Bohemian health resort .

[GHdA-2] GHdA , Adelslexikon , Volume XII, Volume 125 of the complete series, Limburg an der Lahn 2001, pp. 94–96.

[3] Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Rüdiger, Jakob Wilhelm, since 1791 v .. In: BBLD - Baltic biographical lexicon digital

[4] Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (New Series) , Hamburg 2017, Vol. 7, p. 365; Genealogical Handbook of the Courland Knighthood , Vol. 1, Görlitz, [1939], p. 83.

[5] Also known as Field Marshal General and Governor. see. Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods . (New episode), Hamburg 2017, vol. 7, p. 365.