Karl Albert von Rudolphi

Karl Albert von Rudolphi (born February 13, 1799 in Potsdam , † May 4, 1864 in Erfurt ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Karl Albert was a son of the Prussian Lieutenant General Nikolaus Ludwig von Rudolphi (1772–1837) and his wife Friederike Wilhelmine Henriette von Wedel (1764–1831).

Military career

Rudolphi attended the Ecole militaire and was transferred to the 1st Silesian Hussar Regiment of the Prussian Army on April 4, 1812 as porter ensign. With the regiment he took part in the battles near Eckau, Mesothen, Olai and Dünaburg in 1812 during the campaign against Russia . Rudolphi advanced to secondary lieutenant in mid-December 1813 and was at the same time aggregated to the Brandenburg Hussar Regiment . During the Wars of Liberation he fought in the Battle of Dresden and acquired the Iron Cross, 2nd class , near Kulm . He also fought near Leipzig , Laon , Paris , the blockade of Erfurt and the battles near Pirna, Nollendorf, Peterswalde, Arbesau, Chalons, Chateau-Thierry , Claye and Mery. On March 29, 1815 he came to the 8th Dragoons Regiment and on July 3, 1815 to the Guard Hussars .

After the war, he was transferred to the 3rd Cavalry Brigade as adjutant on June 19, 1817 , until he retired from service on December 14, 1819 on half pay. On June 27, 1821 he was then aggregated to the 3rd Hussar Regiment and transferred to the topographic office in 1822/25 . On March 30, 1827, he was appointed adjutant to the General Command of the IV Army Corps . There Rudolphi rose to major by the end of October 1841 . On March 22, 1843, he came to the 1st Hussar Regiment as squadron chief and was transferred to the 3rd Uhlan Regiment as a regular staff officer on March 22, 1845. On April 13, 1848, he was initially assigned to lead the 6th Hussar Regiment and on May 7, 1848 he was appointed regiment commander. In this position Rudolphi advanced to colonel by the end of September 1851 . On April 25, 1854 he was appointed commander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade and in mid-July 1854 he was placed à la suite of his previous regiment. With the promotion to major general on July 12, 1855, he was commander of the 7th Cavalry Brigade . On September 18, 1856, he came to Saint Petersburg as a Plenipotentiary, and on October 15, 1856, he was appointed General à la suite of the King. Due to illness, Rudolphi was granted six months' leave to restore his health at the end of June 1857. Rudolphi did not return to Saint Petersburg, but was first commander of the 13th Cavalry Brigade on November 5, 1857 and was given command of the 8th Division on November 21, 1858 . There he was promoted to lieutenant general on May 31, 1859. As part of the mobilization on the occasion of the Sardinian War , Rudolphi was commander of the 4th Cavalry Division . On November 13, 1860, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the House Order of the White Falcon , and on January 9, 1861, he was sent to the court of the Elector of Hesse to announce the accession of Wilhelm I to the throne . There he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Wilhelm on February 7, 1861 . On June 27, 1861, he was also awarded the Order of Saint Anne, Class I, on October 18, 1861, the Order of the Red Eagle, Class I, and on October 15, 1861, the Grand Cross of the Saxon-Ernestine House Order .

Under awarding of the Crown , First Class Rudolphi was on May 6, 1862 board for disposition made. He died on May 4, 1864 in Erfurt.

family

Rudolphi married Laura Luise von Boemcken (* 1801), a daughter of Colonel Melchior Lebrecht von Boemcken (1752-1810), on May 8, 1825 in Burg. The couple had a daughter.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 6, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632810 , pp. 336–337, no. 1961.

Individual evidence

1. ^ State manual for the Grand Duchy of Saxony. 1869, p. 15 on September 20, 1860.
2. ↑ also: Böhmken
3. ↑ Colonel and commander of the Kolberg infantry regiment, he was married to Henriette von Rudophi; see also: Ernst Heinrich Kneschke , Deutsches Adelslexikon, Volume 1, p. 522.