Rudolf von Rex

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Rudolf Franz Kurt von Rex (born January 7, 1817 in Paderborn ; † February 7, 1892 in Wiesbaden ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of a later Prussian major general Karl August Wilhelm von Rex (1774–1834) and his wife Marianne Auguste, née von Hessler (1793–1869). Major General Hermann von Rex (1820–1886) was his younger brother.

Military career

Rex attended the cadet schools in Potsdam and Berlin . Subsequently, on August 14, 1834, he was transferred to the 15th Infantry Regiment of the Prussian Army as a Second Lieutenant . On August 12, 1848 he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant and took part in the battles at Donsmühle , Vejle and Aarhus during the campaign against Denmark . King Friedrich Wilhelm IV commended him for his brave behavior on July 31, 1849. In the following years Rex had various assignments in the Landwehr . As a captain , he served from February 23, 1853 to June 13, 1859 as a company commander in the 15th Infantry Regiment. Under promotion to Major Rex was then on the occasion of the Sardinian War as commander of the mobile III. Battalion of the 15th Landwehr Regiment commanded in Bielefeld . After the mobilization was over , he was entrusted with the continued leadership of the battalion . On July 1, 1860, he was transferred to the newly formed 6th Westphalian Infantry Regiment (No. 55) and on August 18, 1860 he was appointed commander of the fusilier battalion. In this capacity Rex took part in the war against Denmark in 1864. He took part in the siege of the Düppeler Schanzen and received the Order of the Red Eagle IV class with swords for the battle near Rackebüll . The allied Austrians paid tribute to Rex for his work in the conquest of Als by being awarded the Order of the Iron Crown, 2nd class, with war decorations.

After the armistice, Rex was promoted to lieutenant colonel . During the German War in 1866 he led his battalion in the Main Campaign in the battles near Wiesenthal and Zella , Lausenbach, Aschaffenburg and Tauberbischofsheim . Rex received the Order of the Crown III for his achievements . Class with swords. On July 15, 1866 he was transferred to Trier , appointed commander of the 3rd Rhenish Infantry Regiment No. 29 and in this position promoted to colonel on September 20, 1866 .

With the beginning of the war against France , Rex was appointed commander of the 32nd Infantry Brigade . He led this large formation in the Battle of Spichern and was wounded in his left upper arm by a shrapnel . Rex stayed with his troops and took part in the fighting at Vionville and Gravelotte . During the siege of Metz he fell ill and was therefore unable to participate in the further course of the war. Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , Rex was promoted to major general on the day of the imperial proclamation in Versailles . Due to new diseases he gave his farewell and was on 15 October 1874 awarding of the character as a Lieutenant General with the statutory board for disposition made.

family

Rex had married Klara von Briesen (1835–1920) on May 9, 1857 in Bielefeld . Several children emerged from the marriage:

  • Elise Karoline Hermine Marianne Ida Agnes (* 1858) ⚭ 1877 Otto Edler von der Planitz (1839–1919), President of the Saxon Chamber of Accounts
  • Martha (1859–1861)
  • Anna Olga Hermine Adolfine (* 1862) ⚭ 1885 Emmo von Dewitz (1858–1946), Prussian lieutenant general
  • Agnes Dorothea Reinholdine (* 1863) ⚭ 1888 Wilhelm Freiherr von Waldenfels
  • Hermann Reinhold (1865–1895)
  • Rudolf (1867–1867)
  • Viktoria Hermine Klara Elise (* 1870)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Volume 5, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1938], DNB 367632802 , pp. 191–192, no. 1497.
  2. ^ Richard Wellmann : The Officer Corps of the Infantry Regiment von Horn (3rd Rheinisches) No. 29. 1815-1890. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1890, p. 283.
personal data
SURNAME Rex, Rudolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rex, Rudolf Franz Kurt von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Paderborn
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1892
Place of death Wiesbaden