Paul Andreas Edler von Rennenkampff

Coat of arms of the Rennenkampff family of 1728, in the Baltic Coat of arms book by Carl Arvid von Klingspor in 1882. The at Helme, Estonia, where Rennenkampff was born, c. 2012.

Paul Andreas Edler von Rennenkampff (, tr. ; or ) 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 in the 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 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 (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.

Honours and awards Domestic

link=Golden Sword of St. George Golden sword with the inscription "For Bravery" link=Order of St. Anna Order of St. Anna, 1st class with imperial crown (1.1.1831, imperial crown on (14.10.1831) link=Order of Saint George (Russia) Order of St. George, 4th class "For 25 years of service" (1831) link=Order of St. Vladimir Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class (14.3.1842)

Foreign

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