Rudolf von Waldow

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Rudolf Heinrich Karl Hubert von Waldow (born March 14, 1824 in Deutz , † January 4, 1891 in Schwerin ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and commander of the 3rd division .

Life

origin

Rudolf was the eldest son of the Prussian major general Karl Wilhelm von Waldow (1777–1836) and his wife Antoinette, née Freiin von Blanchart (1798–1887). His brother Karl (1828-1896) was director of the Thuringia insurance company .

Military career

After attending grammar schools in Kreuznach , Bonn , Paderborn and Cologne and the Moravian Institute , Waldow joined the Prussian Army's 4th Dragoon Regiment on April 15, 1841 as a dragoon . In mid-January 1843 he was transferred to the 7th Uhlan Regiment while being promoted to secondary lieutenant , and from October 1848 to May 1849 he was commanded for further training as a training squadron. By mid-November 1856 Waldow was promoted to Prime Lieutenant , from March 1857 to August 1858 he was commanded as a squadron leader of the 7th Landwehr-Uhlan Regiment and on March 16, 1858 he was Rittmeister . After a brief assignment as leader of the replacement squadron of his regiment, Waldow was commanded on May 12, 1859 as squadron leader for the 1st Combined Uhlan Regiment, from which the 2nd Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment No. 9 emerged on July 1, 1860 . For four years he acted as chief of the 4th squadron in Treptow an der Tollense and was in command as adjutant of the 3rd division from the end of June 1864 . With the promotion to major , Waldow was transferred to the East Prussian Uhlan Regiment No. 8 on April 3, 1866 and commanded as adjutant of the General Command of the VII Army Corps . During the German War , from May 12, 1866, he worked in the same capacity at the High Command of the Main Army , took part in the battles near Kissingen and Aschaffenburg and received the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross for his work, in addition to the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class with swords .

After the war, Waldow initially resigned in his peacetime position and was transferred to Deutz as a regular staff officer in the Rhenish Cuirassier Regiment No. 8 on October 30, 1866 . This was followed on June 18, 1869 by his appointment as commander of the 2nd Hanoverian Dragoon Regiment No. 16 . As a lieutenant colonel he led this regiment in 1870/71 during the war against France at Vionville , Gravelotte , Noisseville , Beaune-la-Rolande , Beaugency-Cravant , Petite Maxe, Malroy , Charly , Ladon , Maizières, Château Serquen, Vendôme , Coulmiers and Monnaie as well as before Metz and Toul .

Awarded the Iron Cross II. Class, Waldow was appointed a colonel after the peace treaty in mid-January 1872 and was appointed commander of the 9th Cavalry Brigade in Glogau on June 15, 1875 under position à la suite of his regiment . At the same time he was ordered to represent the commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade in Gdansk and on October 12, 1875, he was appointed commander of this large unit . On September 20, 1876, he was promoted to major general and on September 9, 1879, he was awarded the crown medal, 2nd class with a star. On October 14, 1882 he was transferred to Stettin as commander of the 3rd Division and on November 21, 1882 he was promoted to lieutenant general. Waldow was born on December 6 1883. Under the star ceremony for Red Eagle II Class with oak leaves and swords on rings with board for disposition made. He died on January 4, 1891 in Schwerin.

family

He married Bertha von Plessen (1832–1889), widow of Major Ernst von Briesen († 1863) , on February 1, 1865 in Schwerin . The couple had several children:

  • Bertha (* 1865) ⚭ 1886 Hans von Stenglin (1859–1911), Prussian major zD
  • Rudolf (* 1867), Prussian lieutenant colonel

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Uradelige houses. The nobility born in Germany (primeval nobility). 1917. Eighteenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1916, p. 170.
  2. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser. 1919. Sixty-ninth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1918, p. 953.
personal data
SURNAME Waldow, Rudolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldow, Rudolf Heinrich Karl Hubert von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general and commander of the 3rd division
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne-Deutz
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1891
Place of death Schwerin