Paul Andreas von Rennenkampff

Not to be confused with Paul von Rennenkampf.

Edler

Paul Andreas von Rennenkampff
Lieutenant-General Paul Andreas Edler von Rennenkampff, c. 1855.
Born9 March [O.S. 26 February] 1790
Helmet Manor, Helmet, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
(in present-day Helme, Valga County, Estonia)
Died8 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 service1812-1846
1849-1857
Rank Lieutenant-General
Commands1st Infantry Division
19th Infantry Division[1]
Battles / wars
Children1 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]
The Helme Manor [et] (German: Schloss Helmet) at Helme, Estonia, where Rennenkampff was born, c. 2012.

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.

  1. ^ RBS/BT/Rennenkampf, Pavel Yakovlevich
  2. ^ Klingspor 1882, pp. 90.
  3. ^ Transehe-Roseneck 1929, p. 776-779.


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