Paul Andreas von Rennenkampff

Edler
Paul Andreas von Rennenkampff
Lieutenant-General Paul Andreas Edler von Rennenkampff, c. 1855.
Born 9 March [O.S. 26 February] 1790
Helme Manor (et), Helme[1], Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died 8 December [O.S. 26 November] 1857 or 26 December [O.S. 14] 1857 (aged 67)
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Buried Volkovo Cemetery
Allegiance  Russian Empire
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
Years of service 1812-1846
1849-1857
Rank Lieutenant-General
Commands held 1st Infantry Division
19th Infantry Division[2]
Battles/wars

Napoleonic Wars

Russo-Persian War
Russo-Turkish War
Punitive expedition against the South Ossetians of 1830
November Uprising
Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Crimean War

Paul Andreas Edler[3] von Rennenkampff (Russian: Па́вел-Андре́й Я́ковлевич Ренненка́мпф, Pavel-Andrei Yakovlevich Rennenkampf; 9 March [O.S. 26 February] 1790 – 8 December [O.S. 26 November] 1857 or 26 December [O.S. 14] 1857) was a Baltic German military commander and Statesman in the service of the Imperial Russian Army. Rennenkampff was noted for his distinguished roles during Suppression of the South Ossetians during 1830 and the Crimean War, escpecially during the Siege of Sevastopol. He was the great-uncle[4][5] of the famed World War I general, Paul von Rennenkampf.

Honours and awards

Domestic

Foreign

Sources

  1. ↑ Rennenkampff, Paul Andreas v. /Baltische Biographisches Lexikon Digital: Schl. Helmet
  2. ↑ RBS/BT/Rennenkampf, Pavel Yakovlevich
  3. ↑ Regarding personal names: Edler is a rank of nobility, not a first or middle name. The female form is Edle.
  4. ↑ Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods Part 2, 3: Estonia. Görlitz 1930, pp. 205
  5. ↑ Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods Part 1, 2: Livonia, Lfg. 9-15. Görlitz 1929, pp. 782
  6. ↑ List of senior generals. Corrected on January 7, 1856. - SPb .: Military Printing House, 1856. pp. 275-276
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