Friedrich Eduard von Rheineck

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Baron Friedrich Eduard von Rheineck ( Greek Φρήντριχ Έντουαρντ Ράινεκ ; born November 2, 1796 in Potsdam ; † October 26, 1854 in Athens , Greece ) was a Prussian cavalry officer and philhellene .

Life

Rheineck initially fought against Napoleon Bonaparte in the Prussian Army during the Wars of Liberation . In 1822 he brought funds from German associations in Koblenz for the Greek War of Independence to Corinth . As an adjutant to Alexandros Mavrokordatos , he took part in the defense of Mesolongi against the Ottomans , which is why he became famous in Greece and was appointed colonel of the Greek army .

In June 1828 he was sent to Crete by Ioannis Kapodistrias with an army . He was head of the Revolutionary Council in Crete until September 1829. The Greek poet Michael Chourmouzis was among his fighters .

On April 20, 1832 he became head of the Academy of the Greek Armed Forces. In February 1840, meanwhile promoted to major general, he left the Academy for being appointed chairman of the Military Court of Appeals . He died in Athens on October 26, 1854 and was buried in the Athens cemetery.

family

Around 1830, Friedrich Eduard von Rheineck married Efrosini Mavrokordatos (* February 14, 1800, † January 4, 1885), the sister of Alexandros Mavrokordatos. They had five children:

  • Wilhelmine Amalia (born August 1, 1831 in Nafplio , † October 14, 1904 in Tarabya ) ∞ Aristidis Baltazzi
  • Adolphos (* 1833 in Nafplio, † 1933 in Lausanne )
  • Aristides (* 1834 in Nafplio, † 1913 in Athens)
  • Alexandros (* 1834 in Nafplio, † 1897 in Bucharest )
  • Kimon (* 1840 in Piraeus , † 1922 in Bucharest)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig Ross : Memories from Greece. Berlin 1863, p. 21.
  2. ↑ Greek lexicon Παπυρος Larousse, το παπυράκι. Athens 2003, ISBN 960-8322-06-5 , p. 1496 (Ράινεκ).
  3. ↑ History of Greece at worldstatesmen.org (en)
  4. ↑ List of heads of the military academy at sse.gr (gr)
  5. ↑ Friedrich Eduard von Rheineck at sse.gr (en)
  6. ↑ History of the Military Academy at library.techlink.gr (gr)
  7. ↑ Leo von Klenze : Aphoristic remarks collected on his trip to Greece. Berlin 1838, p. 156.
personal data
SURNAME Rheineck, Friedrich Eduard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ράινεκ, Φρήντριχ Έντουαρντ (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian cavalry officer, Greek officer
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1854
Place of death Athens , Greece