Rudolph Graf zu Solms-Laubach

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Rudolph Graf zu Solms-Laubach
Rudolph Graf zu Solms-Laubach, 1865.png
Graf zu Solms-Laubach, c. 1865
Birth date 11 March 1803
Place of birth Castle Laubach near Gießen, Reichsgrafschaft Solms-Laubach, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Death date 28 October 1884 (aged 81)
Place of death German Empire
Allegiance Germany Prussian Eagle.jpg Kingdom of Prussia
Wappen des Deutschen Bundes.jpg German Confederation
Service/branch War and service flag of Prussia (1895–1918).png Prussian Army
Rank Colonel z. D.
Awards Red Eagle Order
Prussian Order of the Crown
Other work Author

Rudolph Graf zu Solms-Laubach (11 March 1803 – 28 October 1884) was a German cavalry officer of the Prussian Army. In the late 1870s, he was still living at Laubach, now a part Grand Duchy of Hesse, so it can be assumed that he also died there, although this could not be proven.

Military chronology (excerpt)

Militär-Wochenblatt, 1858
  • 1821 Joined the Garde-Kürassier-Regiment in Berlin under Colonel Georg Heinrich August Freiherr von Krafft
  • 16 September 1822 Promoted from (Fahnenjunker-)Unteroffizier (Officer Candidate with Corporal/NCO/Junior Sergeant rank) to Portepee-Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)[1]
  • 15 November 1823 Promoted to Sekonde-Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant; aggregiert)
  • 21 July 1824 Officially enlisted (einrangiert) in the regiment; service in the 1st Squadron
  • Rank list 1832 Officer in the 2nd Squadron
  • 14 April 1834 Promoted to Premier-Lieutenant (1st Lieutenant)
  • Rank list 1834 Regimental adjutant
  • Rank list 1835 Return to the 1st Squadron
  • 22 February 1841 Promoted to Rittmeister and appointed to commander of the 1st Squadron
  • 18 June 1850 Promoted to Major and appointed staff officer of the Garde-Kürassier-Regiment
  • 13 July 1854 Appointed commander of the 1. Kürassier-Regiment in Breslau
  • 12 July 1855 Promoted to Oberst-Lieutenant (Lieutenant Colonel)
  • 8 July 1858 Promoted to Oberst z. D. (Colonel at disposal) and granted retirement with statutory pension and the right to wear the regimental uniform

Family

Descent

Rudolph was the son of Friedrich Ludwig Christian Reichsgraf von Solms-Laubach (29 August 1769 – 24 February 1822 in Cologne) and his wife (⚭ 1797) Sophie Henriette, née Gräfin von Degenfeld-Schomberg (23 December 1776 – 26 January 1847). Father Friedrich was initially a Protestant member of the Imperial Court Council in Vienna. Later, he became a Prussian civil servant. He was the first—and only—Oberpräsident of the Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, which was united with the neighboring province of the Grand Duchy of Lower Rhine to the south in 1822 to form the Rhine Province.[2]

Siblings

He had four siblings:

  • Otto (1799–1872), Hessian nobleman and politician. He was a member of parliament and president of the First Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse.; ⚭ 1832 Luitgarde Wilhelmine Auguste Prinzessin zu Wied (1813–1870), daughter of Johann August Karl Fürst zu Wied, Graf zu Isenburg, Herr zu Runkel und Neuerburg, 6 children
  • Reinhard (1801–1870), Prussian Major General and Knight of Justice, later Commander (Kommendator) of the Order of St. John; ⚭ 1836 Ida Prinzessin zu Isenburg-Büdingen in Büdingen (1817–1900), daughter of Ernst Casimir I.
  • Georg (1805–1870), Major
  • Ottilie (1807–1884); ⚭ 1828 Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Fürst zu Solms-Braunfels (1797–1873)

Awards and decorations

Post active military service

  • Red Eagle Order, 3rd Class with the Bow (mit der Schleife) on 18 September 1858
  • Knight of Justice (Rechtsritter) of the Johanniter-Orden in 1859[4]
  • Prussian Order of the Crown, 2nd Class on 18 January 1866

Gallery

  • Solms-Laubach, Rangliste 1857, S. 155.png
  • Geschichte des Grafen- und Fürstenhauses Solms, 1865.jpg
  • Solms-Laubach.jpg

Writings

References

  1. ↑ Militär-Wochenblatt, 1822, p. 2401
  2. ↑ Helmut Prößler: Friedrich Ludwig Christian Graf zu Solms-Laubach 1769 bis 1822. Sein Lebensweg von 1769 bis 1806, Darmstadt 1957
  3. ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1851, p. 129
  4. ↑ Gothaischer genealogischer Hofkalender nebst diplomatisch-statistischem Jahrbuch, 1866, p. 311
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