Ulrich von Raven
Ulrich Ludwig Friedrich von Raven (born January 5, 1767 ; † November 17, 1800 in Petrikau ) was a Prussian officer and holder of the order Pour le Mérite .
Life and family background
Raven's parents were the ducal Mecklenburg-Schwerin Chamberlain and monastery captain of Malchow , Adolf Wilhelm von Raven (born 1730, unknown date of death), on Golchen, Neckeln and Repnitz and Marie Blandine von Schack (1724-1791). Ulrich von Raven remained unmarried.
Military career
As the second-born he joined the Prussian army as an officer candidate, as was customary in families of his origin.
In 1794 he was second lieutenant in Oswald's Fusilier Battalion, which was in the Prussian territories allocated and annexed by Poland on the occasion of the second partition of Poland and fought against the Polish troops, who fought bitterly against the division of their country. Ulrich von Raven was commissioned to defend the bridge at Inowlodz with 20 fusiliers . On March 22nd, it was attacked with vastly superior forces. Raven and his soldiers fought until they ran out of ammunition. After almost all of his soldiers were killed or seriously wounded, he was taken prisoner, himself seriously wounded three times. With the highest cabinet order of March 30, 1794, King Friedrich Wilhelm II awarded him the Order pour le merite.
Ulrich von Raven survived his severe wounds and continued to serve in the Prussian army, in which he became the Royal Prussian. Chief of Staff brought.
Individual evidence
- ^ Source: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Volume A VII, page 300, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg, 1965
- ↑ Source: Gustav Lehmann: Die Ritter des Ordens pour le merite, Volume I, page 307, no. 623
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| SURNAME | Raven, Ulrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian officer and holder of the order Pour le Mérite |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1767 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th November 1800 |
| Place of death | Petrikau |