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Fedor Alexander Gustav von Rauch (8 August 1822 in Berlin - 15 January 1892) was a cavalry officer in the Prussian Army and son of the Prussian Minister of War and general of the infantry Gustav von Rauch.
Fedor von Rauch was born in Berlin on 8 August 1822. He became 'Oberstallmeister' (chief equerry) on the privy councils of the German Emperors William I, Frederick III and Wilhelm II.[ citation needed ] He also took a major part in horse breeding and racing, becoming vice-president of the Union Club in Berlin (modelled on the British Jockey Club). In 1856 Fedor von Rauch married Elisabeth Countess von Waldersee (1837–1914), lady-in-waiting to Grand Duchess consort Marie von Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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The Invalids' Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Berlin. It was the traditional resting place of the Prussian Army, and is regarded as particularly important as a memorial to the German Wars of Liberation of 1813–15.
Christian Friedrich Tieck, often known only as Friedrich Tieck, was a German sculptor and a occasional artist in oils. His work was primarily figurative and includes both public statuary and private commissions for portrait busts.
Johann Justus Georg Gustav von Rauch was a Prussian general of the infantry and Minister of War from 1837 to 1841.
Albert Ehrenreich Gustav von Manstein was a Prussian general who served during the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. He was the adoptive grandfather of Erich von Manstein.
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Johann Bonaventura von Rauch was a Prussian Army major general. His sons Gustav, Leopold and Friedrich Wilhelm also took up military careers and became general as well.
Friedrich Wilhelm Roderich von Rauch was a lieutenant general in the Prussian Army. His father Friedrich Wilhelm and his grandfather Bonaventura both also pursued military careers. He was born in Potsdam and died in Schwerin.
Born into an aristocratic Prussian family, Albert Gustav Guido von Rauch was a general of the infantry in the Prussian Army who fought in the Austro-Prussian War and Franco-Prussian War.
Gustav Waldemar von Rauch was a general of the cavalry in the Prussian Army. He was born and died in Berlin. He was the son of Gustav von Rauch.
Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Claus von Rauch was an officer in the Prussian Army. He was the godson of Frederick III, German Emperor and the son of the General of the Infantry Albert von Rauch (1829–1901) and his wife Elisabeth, née von Bismarck (1845–1923). He became a military governor and tutor to Wilhelm II's sons.
Gustav Adolf von Rauch retired in 1854 as a cavalry officer with the rank of major in the Prussian Gardes du Corps regiment, to act as chamberlain and court-marshal to Princess Louise of Prussia, wife of Alexis, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, who have been divorced since 1861, in the following decades at Berlin´s Monbijou Palace. Rauch was a distinguished collector of ancient Greek and Roman coins and from 1870 to 1877 chairman of the Numismatic Society in Berlin.
Alfred Bonaventura von Rauch was a general of the cavalry in the Prussian Army and an amateur jockey. He was born in Potsdam and died in Berlin.
Nikolaus Georg Gustav von Rauch was an Oberst and cavalry officer in the Prussian Army.
The Scharnhorst Memorial on Unter den Linden avenue in Berlin's Mitte district commemorates the Prussian military reformer and freedom fighter Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755–1813). Created from 1819 to 1822 by Christian Daniel Rauch in neoclassical style, it is a masterpiece of the Berlin school of sculpture.
The Bülow Memorial on Unter den Linden avenue in Berlin's Mitte district commemorates the Prussian army general and freedom fighter Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz (1755–1816). Created from 1819 to 1822 by Christian Daniel Rauch in neoclassical style, it is a masterpiece of the Berlin school of sculpture.
