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Fedor Alexander Gustav von Rauch (8 August 1822 in

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- 15 January 1892) was a cavalry officer in the Prussian Army and son of the

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and general of the infantry

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Biography

Fedor von Rauch was born in Berlin on 8 August 1822. He became ' Oberstallmeister' (

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) on the privy councils of the German Emperors

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, Frederick III and

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. He also took a major part in horse breeding and racing, becoming vice-president of the Union Club in Berlin (modelled on the British

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). In 1856 Fedor von Rauch married Elisabeth Countess von Waldersee (1837–1914),

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to Grand Duchess consort Marie von Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

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Prussian Army personnel 1822 births 1892 deaths

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Military personnel from Berlin {{Germany-mil-bio-stub