Hermann von Rantzau

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Hermann von Rantzau
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Birth name Hermann Karl Dietrich von Rantzau
Birth date 13 November 1815(1815-11-13)
Place of birth Testorf near Zarrentin, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Confederation
Death date 13 April 1891 (aged 75)
Place of death Görlitz, Regierungsbezirk Liegnitz, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Allegiance Germany Prussian Eagle.jpg Kingdom of Prussia
Wappen des Deutschen Bundes.jpg German Confederation
Coat of arms of North German Confederation.png North German Confederation
 German Empire
Service/branch War and service flag of Prussia (1895–1918).png Prussian Army
Years of service 1833–1872
Rank Lieutenant General
Battles/wars Baden Revolution (1848/49)
German-Danish War (1864)
German War of Brothers (1866)
Franco-German War
Awards Iron Cross
Red Eagle Order
Relations ∞ 1844 Auguste von Barner
∞ 1862 Marie Schulze

Hermann Karl Dietrich von Rantzau (13 November 1815 – 13 April 1891) was a German officer of the Prussian Army, finally Lieutenant General

Military career (chronology)

  • 1846 Commanded to the 3rd Battalion/17. Landwehr-Regiment in Geldern[1]
  • 1848 Adjutant of the 14. Division in Düsseldorf[2]
    • He took part in the campaign in Baden and the battles of Ludwigshafen, Waghäusel, Bruchsal and Durlach.
  • June 1853 Return to the 5. Ulanen-Regiment
  • 18 April 1854 to 25 June 1856 Commander of the 4th Squadron (Eskadron) of the 5. Ulanen-Regiment
  • July 1856 Transferred to the 4. Ulanen-Regiment and commanded as adjutant to the Generalkommando of the IV. Armee-Korps in Magdeburg
  • 12 March 1859 Transferred to the Staff of the 3. Ulanen-Regiment (Kaiser von Rußland) in Fürstenwalde
    • For the duration of the mobile situation during the Sardinian War, von Rantzau was commander of the mobile 3rd Landwehr Uhlan Regiment in June/July 1859.
  • 2 June (another source states 2 July) 1862 Commander of the 1. Westfälisches Husaren-Regiments Nr. 8 in Paderborn
    • In this capacity, he led his regiment in the war against Denmark in 1864 in the battles at Missunde, the advance through Schleswig and the occupation of Jutland.
    • In the Main campaign during the German War in 1866, he led his unit in the battles at Dermbach, Kissingen, Laufach, Aschaffenburg, Waldüren, Tauberbischofsheim and Gerchsheim as well as in the bombardment of Würzburg.

Family

Hermann von Rantzau came from the Mecklenburg, non-Graf branch (House of Pancker and Trahlau) of the Schleswig-Holstein noble family (Equites Originarii) von Rantzau. Hermann was the son of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg-Schwerin chief forestry master (Oberforstmeister) Adolf Johann Karl von Rantzau (1786–1861) and his first wife Bernhardine, née von Dorne (1787–1836) from the House of Pannekow (Altkalen).[3] He had three siblings:

  • Marianne Friedericke Susette Sophie (1811–1855), deaconess and the first superior of the Deaconess and Hospital Bethanien (Berlin)[4]
  • Frida Luise Elisabeth Auguste (1812–1861), Grand Ducal lady-in-waiting; ∞ Testorf 5 March 1836 Lord of the Manor (Herr auf Dreilützow mit Pogreß, Parum, Luckwitz, Neu-Luckwitz sowie Harst) Hermann Georg August Christian Friedrich Magnus Graf von Bernstorff (1804–1876), 11 children (9 daughters, 2 sons)[5]
  • Woldemar Friedrich Ludwig (1813–1877), Grand Ducal Mecklenburg-Schwerin bailiff (Amtmann zu Gadebusch und Rehna); ∞ 25 September 1845 Emma Luise Auguste Erika Gräfin von Bernstorff (1819–1851; died seven days after the birth of her foruth child),[6] 4 children
    • Kurt (1846–1854)
    • Nandine Auguste Eleonore Luise Marianne Hertha (b. 30 June 1847)
    • Albrecht Karl Friedrich Chlotar Bertold (b. 12 July 1849)
    • Anna Henriette Adelgunde Thekla Hermine (b. 1 May 1851), deaconess in Eutin, later in Altona; adopted by her aunt Clotilde Friederike Auguste Gräfin von Bernstorff (1811–1874) and her husband Lieutenant General Wilhelm Johann Heinrich Ludwig Freiherr von der Horst (1786–1874)

Marriages

On 19 July 1844 in Trebbow, 2nd Lieutenant von Rantzau married his fiancée Ida Auguste Charlotte von Barner (1823–1851), daughter of Lieutenant General Ulrich Friedrich Johann Gottlieb von Barner (1786–1846). They had one son:[7]

  • Herrmann Friedrich Wilhelm Karl August (1849–1927), Major General

On 18 November 1862 in Berlin, Major von Rantzau married Marie Ida Sophie Schulze (b. 17 February 1843 in Berlin). They would have three children:

  • Margarete Josephine Johanna Marie (b. 10 November 1865 in Paderborn)
  • Cajus Herrmann Ludwig Karl (b. 6 November 1869 in Trier), Senior Governing Council (Oberregierungsrat)
  • Werner Ulrich Alfons Oskar Julius (b. 3 March 1879 in Görlitz), ⚔ 3 May 1915 near Langemarck as 2nd Lieutenant of the Reserves with the Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 15

Promotions

  • 5 August 1833 Seconde-Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant)
  • 13 April 1847 Premier-Lieutenant (1st Lieutenant)
  • 22 June 1852 Rittmeister (Captain)
  • 15 June 1858 Charakter als Major (Honorary Major)
    • 18 January 1859 received Patent as Major
  • 17 March 1863 Oberst-Lieutenant (Lieutenant Colonel)
  • 8 June 1866 Oberst (Colonel)
  • 26 July 1870 General-Major (Major General)
  • 26 November 1887 Charakter als Generalleutnant z. D. (Honorary Lieutenant General at disposal)

Awards and decorations

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1846, p. 268
  2. ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1849, p. 54
  3. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, 1905, p. 673
  4. ↑ She died of cancer at the age of 43. Her successor was Anna zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, who had been her deputy since 1854. Since 2006, Marianne von Rantzau has been remembered by Marianne von Rantzau Street in the Berlin district of Friedrichshain near the East Side Gallery. Mariannenplatz in front of the former deaconess and hospital and the Mariannenstrasse leading to it were named after the Princess of Prussia of the same name (Maria Anna Amalie of Hesse-Homburg, 1785–1846) in 1849.
  5. ↑ Die Familiengeschichte von den Anfängen bis 1982, pp. 322 f.
  6. ↑ Die Familiengeschichte von den Anfängen bis 1982, pp. 314
  7. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, Teil A, 1921, pp. 667 f.
  8. ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1850, p. 161
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