Johann Georg Berens von Rautenfeld
Johann Georg Berens von Rautenfeld (born November 25, 1741 in Riga , † February 21, 1805 in Leipzig ) was a German-Baltic nobleman, lord of Groß-Buschhof and lieutenant general in the Imperial Russian Army .
Life
Johann Georg studied at the University of Strasbourg from 1761 . He then took up a career as an officer and served in the Imperial Russian Army from 1765 . He was a participant in the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1773 . It was promoted to colonel in 1779 and to brigadier in 1787 . As a colonel of the Velikolut Infantry Regiment and brigadier, he was incorporated into the register of nobility there on February 14, 1780, at the state parliament of the Estonian knighthood . He was then commander of the Velikolutschen Infantry - Regiment in 1788 and was appointed Major General conveyed. With the promotion to lieutenant general in 1796 ended his military career. In recognition of his services during the Russo-Austrian Turkish War (1787-1792), he was awarded the Russian Order of St. George (4th grade) in 1790 and the Russian Order of St. Anne in 1793 . In 1800 he received the indigenous state of Estonia (reg. No. 326).
Origin and family
Johann Georg came from the German-Baltic noble family Berens von Rautenfeld . His father was the merchant and commercial advisor Heinrich Berens von Rautenfeld (* 1699 in Königsberg / Prussia ; † 1778 in Riga), who had been raised to the imperial nobility in 1752 and was lord of Ronneburg Castle, Ronneburg- Neuhof and Kastran in Livonia . Johann Georg married in 1771 in his first marriage to Elisabeth Charlotte von der Wenge called Lambsdorff (1749–1782) and in his second marriage to Adelaide Franziska von Innis (Thonis). Her descendants were:
- Elisabeth Catharina (* 1772)
- Catharina Henriette (* 1775)
- Peter Heinrich (1776–1841 in Riga)
- Georg Gustav (* 1778 in Riga; † 1847 in Russia ), Russian captain
- Caronia Charlotta (1779–1839), ⚭ Carl Ludwig von Budberg called Bönninghausen (1775–1829), Russian major general
- Magnus Carl (1781–1803 in Riga)
- Johann Alexander (* 1789 in Saint Petersburg ; † 1832 on Curaçao ), Lord on Merijoki ( Finland )
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Johann von Rautenfeld. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ August Wilhelm Hupel , materials on a history of the Estonian aristocracy , according to the order adopted by the last matriculation commission. In addition to other shorter articles etc: 18.19, Verlag Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1789, original from the Austrian National Library , digitized October 10, 2012, page 320 ff. [1] , accessed on January 23, 2018
- ↑ Castle Merijoki fi: Suur-Merijoen kartano
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rautenfeld, Johann Georg Berens from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rautenfeld, Johann Georg von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian lieutenant general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1741 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1805 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |