Paul Andreas von Rennenkampff

**Edler**

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; Helmet Manor, Helmet, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire; (in present-day Helme, Valga County, Estonia)
Died	8 December [O.S. 26 November] 1857 or 26 December [O.S. 14] 1857 (aged 67); St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Buried	Volkovo Lutheran Cemetery
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1812-1846; 1849-1857
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands	1st Infantry Division; 19th Infantry Division
Battles / wars	Napoleonic Wars Russian Campaign Battle of Borodino; Battle of Bautzen; ; War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Katzbach; Battle of Leipzig; Battle of Paris; ; ; Russo-Persian War; Russo-Turkish War Battle of Akhaltsikhe; ; South Ossetian Expedition of 1830; November Uprising; Hungarian Revolution of 1848; Crimean War Siege of Sevastopol; ;
Children	1 child (debated)

Coat of arms of the Rennenkampff family of 1728, in the Baltic Coat of arms book by Carl Arvid von Klingspor in 1882.^[2]

Paul Andreas Edler^[a] von Rennenkampff^[b] (Russian: Па́вел Я́ковлевич Ренненка́мпф, tr. Pável Yákovlevich Rennenkámpf; 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 nobleman, military commander and Statesman in the service of the Imperial Russian Army. Rennenkampff was noted for his distinguished roles during the Suppression of the South Ossetians in 1830 and the Crimean War, especially during the Siege of Sevastopol.

Biography

Origin

Paul Andreas Edler von Rennenkampff was born on 9 March [O.S. 26 February] 1790 in the Helme Manor [et] (German: Schloss Helmet) at Helmet in the Governorate of Livonia (present-day Helme, Estonia), to Jakob Johann von Rennenkampff and Elizabeth Dorothea von Anrep. The Rennenkampffs was of Westphalian origin and was originated in Osnabrück. He was the great-uncle^[4]^[5] of the famed World War I general Paul von Rennenkampf.

Family

As part of a wealthy noble family, Rennenkampff had a lot of siblings, including his older brothers Karl Jakob Alexander von Rennenkampff (1783-1854), a writer, captain and chamberlain in Holstein-Oldenburg, and Gustav Reinhold Georg (1784-1869), an army officer in Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, politician and economist. In 1832, Rennenkampff married Anna Maria von Vegesack (1808-1881), they had one child, Johann Paul Alexander von Rennenkampff (1836-1838). Although some sources claimed that Rennenkampff had another child named Nikolaus Jakob Otto von Rennenkampff, but that was never confirmed. But either way, even if both children existed, neither of them survived through childhood.^[5]

Honours and awards

Domestic

Order of St. Anna, 4th class (1813)
Golden sword with the inscription "For Bravery"
Order of St. Anna, 1st class with imperial crown (1.1.1831, imperial crown on (14.10.1831)
Order of St. George, 4th class "For 25 years of service" (1831)
Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class (14.3.1842)
Order of the White Eagle with swords (1855)

Foreign

Kingdom of Prussia:
- Pour le Mérite (1814)
- Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with a star (1835)
French Third Republic:
- Legion of Honour, Knight class (1814)
Qajar dynasty:
- Order of the Lion and the Sun, 1st class (1828)
Austrian Empire:
- Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class (1835)
Kingdom of Denmark:
- Order of Dannebrog, Grand Commander class (1836)^[6]

Notes

^ Regarding personal names: Edler is a rank of nobility, not a first or middle name. The female form is Edle.
^ The spelling of his last name varies in different works between Rennenkampff, Rennenkampf, Remenkampe and Remmenkamp.^[3]

References

^ RBS/BT/Rennenkampf, Pavel Yakovlevich
^ Klingspor 1882, pp. 90.
^ Transehe-Roseneck 1929, p. 776-779.
^ Stackelberg 1930, pp. 205.
^ ^a ^b Transehe-Roseneck 1929, p. 782.
^ [1] List of senior generals. Corrected on January 7, 1856. - SPb .: Military Printing House, 1856. pp. 275-276

Works cited

Rennenkampf, Pavel Yakovlevich (Paul Andreas Edler von Rennenkampff) (1790-1857)
Klingspor, Carl Arvid (1882). Baltic heraldic coat of arms all, belonging to the knighthoods of Livonia, Estonia, Courland and Oesel noble families. Stockholm].{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Stackelberg, Otto Magnus von (1930). Genealogische Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften. Teil Estland, Band I (in German). Starke Verlag, Görlitz. pp. 422–439. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
Transehe-Roseneck, Astaf von (1929). Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften [Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods] (in German). Vol. Part 1, 2: Livonia, Lfg. 9-15. Görlitz.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Welding, Olaf (1970). Baltic German Biographical Dictionary 1710-1960.

[3] Regarding personal names: Edler is a rank of nobility, not a first or middle name. The female form is Edle.

[5] The spelling of his last name varies in different works between Rennenkampff, Rennenkampf, Remenkampe and Remmenkamp.^[3]

[1] RBS/BT/Rennenkampf, Pavel Yakovlevich

[FOOTNOTEKlingspor188290-2] Klingspor 1882, pp. 90.

[FOOTNOTETransehe-Roseneck1929776-779-4] Transehe-Roseneck 1929, p. 776-779.

[FOOTNOTEStackelberg1930205-6] Stackelberg 1930, pp. 205.

[FOOTNOTETransehe-Roseneck1929782-7] Transehe-Roseneck 1929, p. 782.

[8] [1] List of senior generals. Corrected on January 7, 1856. - SPb .: Military Printing House, 1856. pp. 275-276

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