Rudolf von Kanitz
Count Rudolf Friedrich Wilhelm von Kanitz (born August 14, 1822 in Stettin , † December 25, 1902 in Schmuggerow ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .
Life
Origin and family
Rudolf came from the Prussian line of the von Kanitz family, which was raised to the rank of count in 1798 . His parents were the Prussian lieutenant general and war minister Count August von Kanitz (1783-1852) and Countess Luise von der Schulenburg from the Beetzendorf house (1799-1830). The theologian Wilhelm Hoffmann (1806–1873) was his brother-in-law.
In 1865 he married Countess Luise Hildegard Marie von Schwerin (1837–1912), maid of honor of the Queen , daughter of the Prussian State Minister Count Maximilian von Schwerin-Putzar (1804–1872) and Hildegard Maria Schleiermacher (1817–1889) at Gut Putzar . The marriage produced three daughters.
- Augusta Luise Rose (* 1868)
- Auguste Klara Hildegard Luise (1869–1943)
- Klara Frieda Viktoria (1870–1932), ∞ Count Ulrich von Schwerin on Dargibell (1865–1946)
Career
He first attended the United Royal and City High School in Stettin, later the Blochmann Education Institute in Dresden .
At the age of 18 he joined the 1st Guards Regiment on foot in the Prussian army . In 1841 he was portepee ensign and in the same year advanced to secondary lieutenant . From 1847 to 1848 he was in command of the 4th Dragoon Regiment and during the mobilization from 1850 to 1851 he was adjutant of the 4th Battalion of the 1st Guards Regiment on foot. After that he was a teacher at the division school in Potsdam and from 1852 to 1855 adjutant of the 1st Battalion ( Königsberg i. Pr. ) Of the 1st Guard Landwehr Regiment. He rose to prime lieutenant in 1853 and captain in 1856 , and finally became company commander in the 1st Guards Regiment on foot in 1856 .
In the first half of 1860 he took part with distinction in the Spanish-Moroccan War , in particular the shaft at Samsa and the Battle of Vadraß. In June 1860 he was assigned to the King's service , whose wing adjutant he remained until 1866. He took part in the German-Danish War and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the same year . In the German War he took part in the Battle of Königgrätz and in the same year advanced to commander of the 2nd Guards Regiment on foot and colonel . In this capacity he took part in the Franco-Prussian War , in particular the Battle of Gravelotte , where he was badly wounded and honored, the Battle of Le Bourget and the Siege of Paris . In the last days of the war he became the commander of the 1st Guard Infantry Brigade .
After the peace treaty in May 1871, he was entrusted with the management of the Potsdam command office and was promoted to major general a little later while retaining his previous position . In 1874 he did his farewell obtained with him nor the 1,875 character as a lieutenant general was awarded in 1895 and given permission to wear the uniform of the 2nd Guards on foot. Rudolf von Kanitz died on the Schmuggerow manor , which his wife Luise received from her father as a dowry when they married, and which von Kanitz presumably had retired on.
Awards
- Order of the Red Eagle IV Class with Swords , 1860
- Spanish Order of St. Fernando I Class , 1860 (Spanish-Moroccan War)
- Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern , 1861
- Service Cross , 1865
- Swords for the House Order of Hohenzollern, 1866
- Iron Cross 2nd Class , 1870 (Battle of Gravelotte)
- Iron Cross 1st Class, 1871
- Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 2nd class with swords , 1871
- Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross 1st Class , 1871
- Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves and swords on the ring, 1873
- Commander's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords, 1874
- Royal Crown Order, 1st Class , 1885
- Star of the Kumture of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords, 1897
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Löwen , 1897
- Order of the Red Eagle 1st class with oak leaves, 1901
Works
- From the German Soldier's Life: Military Sketches on the German Moral History. W. Hertz , Berlin 1861 ( review ; digitized version )
literature
- Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 8, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1941], DNB 367632837 , pp. 475-477, no. 2706.
- Eckhard Wendt: Stettiner Lebensbilder (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania . Series V, Volume 40). Böhlau , Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-412-09404-8 , pp. 267-268.
Web links
- Correspondence of the family v. Kanitz with Luise Grand Duchess of Baden in the Baden-Württemberg State Archives
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Gollmert, Leonhard Count von Schwerin (ed.): History of the von Schwerin . Berlin: Gronau 1878, p. 30.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kanitz, Rudolf von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kanitz, Rudolf Friedrich Wilhelm von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian lieutenant general |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1822 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1902 |
Place of death | Schmuggerow |