Heinrich Adalbert zu Rantzau

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Heinrich Adalbert Graf zu Rantzau as colonel (after 1888)

Heinrich Adalbert Graf zu Rantzau (born October 27, 1834 in Hohenhain , † July 11, 1891 in Wahlershausen ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Heinrich zu Rantzau came from the house of Oppendorf of the Schleswig-Holstein nobility family ( Equites Originarii ) Rantzau . He was the middle son of Christian Wilhelm Heinrich zu Rantzau (1796-1848) on Danish-Nienhof and his wife Ottilie Agathe Louise Sophie, born von Reventlow (1800-1883). She was a sister of Christian Andreas Julius , Heinrich , Ernst Christian and Friedrich von Reventlou . Christian Karl zu Rantzau was his older brother and Kuno zu Rantzau was his younger brother.

Military career

He attended the Kiel School of Academics and, during the Schleswig-Holstein survey, the Naval Cadet School of the Schleswig-Holstein Navy in Kiel. After the restoration of Danish rule in the duchies, he left Schleswig-Holstein in 1852 and joined the 1st Guard Regiment on foot in the Prussian Army as a grenadier . Promoted to redundant secondary lieutenant in 1853 , he received his regular appointment in 1855. In 1859 he accompanied the then Hereditary Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern to Portugal .

In 1864 he was transferred to the 4th Brandenburg Infantry Regiment No. 24 and fought with it in the German-Danish War in the battle of Missunde and in the assault on the Düppeler Schanzen .

As a captain , he commanded a company in the German War in 1866 in the battles at Soor and Königinhof and in the Battle of Königgrätz . On June 29, 1866, his company captured the flag of the Austrian 6th Infantry Regiment " Coronini " near Königinhof .

During the Franco-Prussian War he commanded a company of the Guards Landwehr Regiment stationed in Graudenz and took part in the sieges of Strasbourg and Paris as well as the battles at Nonancourt , Langey and Droué .

In 1872 he took over the command of the non-commissioned officers' school in Potsdam, and in 1873 he received this regularly.

In 1883 he was regimental commander of the infantry regiment "Grand Duke of Saxony" (5th Thuringian) No. 94 and in 1888 he was promoted to major general, commander of the 55th Infantry Brigade in Karlsruhe .

Ehrenbreitstein Fortress 1890

In April 1890 he was appointed first commanders of Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein . According to the judgments of his superiors, he was considered a “well-educated, very capable officer” and a “chivalrous and amiable personality”.

family

Since 1865 he was married to Marie Elisabeth Anna von Höpfner (born August 25, 1846 in Koblenz, † June 3, 1926 in Preetz ), a daughter of General Eduard von Höpfner . Of the couple's children, Friedrich Wilhelm zu Rantzau (* 1870) and Otto Edmund Christian zu Rantzau (* 1875) also became officers.

Military career

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  • March 29, 1862 Grenadier, 1st Guards Regiment on foot
  • December 14, 1852 surplus porter ensign
  • December 13, 1853 redundant second lieutenant
  • July 16, 1855 regular second lieutenant
  • May 28 to July 23, 1857 assigned to the Guard Pioneer Division
  • 4 August 1859 to 19 February 1862 Adjutant of the 1st Battalion
  • 30 October 1860 Premier Lieutenant
  • October 1, 1861 to September 30, 1862 in command of the Guard Rifle Battalion
  • January 27, 1864 Transfer to Infantry Regiment No. 24
  • November 12, 1864 back on foot in the 1st Guard Regiment
  • April 3, 1866 Captain and company commander of the 12th Company
  • July 20, 1870 to April 26, 1871 Company commander at III. Battalion (Graudenz), 1st Guard Landwehr Regiment
  • August 20, 1872 assigned to the non-commissioned officers' school in Potsdam
  • September 2, 1872 Character as Major
  • January 11, 1873 Major patent
  • March 11, 1873 Commander of the Potsdam NCO School
  • February 11, 1875 walk back to the 1st Guards Regiment
  • January 15, 1876 Commander of the 2nd Battalion
  • June 11, 1876 Lieutenant Colonel
  • February 18, 1882 Commander of the Infantry Training Battalion
  • Commissioned May 15, 1883 with the command of Infantry Regiment No. 94
  • October 18, 1883 Colonel
  • December 6, 1883 Commander of Infantry Regiment No. 94
  • Assigned the command of the 55th Infantry Brigade on July 10, 1888
  • August 2, 1888 Major General and Commander of the Brigade
  • April 17, 1890 first commander of Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein
  • November 18, 1890 Character as Lieutenant General

Awards

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to Priesdorff (lit.)
  2. ↑ Awards for Priestorff (Lit.) and ranking of the Royal Prussian Army. 1891, p. 88
personal data
SURNAME Rantzau, Heinrich Adalbert zu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rantzau, Heinrich Adalbert Graf zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenhain
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1891
Place of death Wahlershausen