Wilhelm von Rath

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Wilhelm von Rath , also: Raht (* around 1585 Kleinwülknitz ; † April 27, 1641 in Wieskau ), was an officer in the service of Anhalt.

Life

Rath comes from the old Anhalt country nobility. His parents were Hans von Rath and his wife Anna Voigt. He enjoyed a Lutheran upbringing and was enrolled at the University of Leipzig from the 1601 summer semester . But he soon dropped out of college and embarked on a career in the military. Rath reached the high point of his career with his appointment as war commissioner under Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen . As such, he married Dorothea von Hackeborn. His son was Balthasar Wilhelm von Rath, his granddaughter Gisela Agnes von Rath , who later became regent of the Principality of Anhalt-Köthen .

During the Thirty Years War he served until the end of his life under Prince Ludwig, who on January 10, 1627 appointed him commander of the mounted country patrol, which had to be provided by the Anhalt knighthood.

In the same year, Rath was accepted into the fruitful society by his employer . Prince Ludwig gave him the company name the scraping and the motto the rough . The card thistle <Dipsacus sativus (L.) Honck.> Was given to him as an emblem . Rath's entry can be found in the Koethen Society Register under no. 141. The rhyme law also noted here is, however, more of a coat of arms saying:

Wan the rough is gone

So the iugent brings with it:

If the whole point ends,

And then strive for the sky.

In the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) he proved victorious with his cavalry against the imperial troops . On April 27, 1641 , cornet Wilhelm von Rath was murdered by a marauding gang near Wieskau.