Rudolf von Manteuffel

Karl Rudolf Heinrich Engelhard Emil Theodor von Manteuffel (born June 4, 1817 in Bärwalde , † February 27, 1903 in Charlottenburg ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and commander of the 6th division .

Life

origin

Rudolf was the eldest son of the Prussian Prime Lieutenant Wilhelm von Manteuffel (1782-1865) and his wife Hermine, née Listig (1793-1859). His younger brother was the district administrator Heinrich von Manteuffel (1833–1900).

Military career

Manteuffel visited the cadet houses in Kulm and Berlin . Subsequently, on August 14, 1834, he was transferred to the 30th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a Portepeefähnrich. In mid-October 1836, he was transferred to the 14th Infantry Regiment , where he was promoted to redundant second lieutenant on January 12, 1837 , and was assigned on May 20, 1837. From April 1846 to September 1850 Manteuffel was in command as adjutant of the 2nd Battalion in the 14th Landwehr Regiment in Bromberg . On August 1, 1851, he was promoted to regimental adjutant, in mid-January 1852, he was appointed first lieutenant and on November 22, 1853, as an adjutant of the 8th Infantry Brigade . In this position Manteuffel advanced to captain on December 8, 1855 . On January 8, 1857, he was assigned to the General Command of VI as adjutant . Army Corps . Left in this position, he was aggregated to the 22nd Infantry Regiment on April 22, 1856 with a patent dated September 13, 1854 and assigned to the 22nd Infantry Regiment on February 7, 1856. After Manteuffel had been released from his command on October 16, 1858, he was transferred to the 10th Infantry Regiment , promoted to major in mid-June 1859 and added to the regiment on July 25, 1859. On May 8, 1860, he was commanded as a battalion leader in the 6th Combined Infantry Regiment, from which the 1st Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 46 emerged on July 1, 1860 . Manteuffel was given command of the fusilier battalion, advanced to lieutenant colonel at the end of June 1864 and took part in the battles near Nachod , Skalitz , Schweinschädel , Gradlitz , Gerchsheim and Königgrätz as well as the bombardment of Würzburg in 1866 during the German War in the Main Army . During the war he was appointed commander of the 5th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 53 on July 8, 1866 and in this position was promoted to colonel on September 20, 1866 and was awarded the Order of the Crown III. Excellent with swords.

On October 10, 1868, Manteuffel was appointed commander of the Mecklenburg Fusilier Regiment No. 90 in Rostock . During the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France, he was commissioned on July 18, 1870 to lead the 34th Infantry Brigade . For his work during the siege of Metz he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class. He also fought at Toul and Paris and the battles at Orleans and Le Mans . Also at Dreux, La Madeleine, Meung, Besugency, Frefeval and Conneree, where the Iron Cross was awarded first class. On January 18, 1871 he was promoted to major general and on June 3, 1871 appointed brigade commander. On September 25, 1875, Manteuffel received the Order of the Crown, Second Class with Star and Swords. As lieutenant general, he was in command of the 6th Division in Brandenburg an der Havel from November 19, 1876 to January 13, 1879 . He then was awarded the Red Eagle , First Class with oak leaves with board for disposition made. On December 21, 1895, he received the Grand Cross of the Order of the Griffin . He died on February 27, 1903 in Charlottenburg and, like his wife, was buried in the garrison cemetery in Berlin .

family

Manteuffel married on June 6, 1840 in Stargard Auguste Baronin von Fock (1813-1899), a daughter of Major Karl August von Fock. The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1939], DNB 367632829 , Volume 8, pp. 165-166, No. 2553.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. 1903. Fourth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1902, p. 557.