Joseph Carl von Anrep (Russian: Иосиф Романович Анреп; Iosif Romanovich Anrep-Elmpt; 6 February 1798 – 28 June 1860) was a Baltic German general during the Crimean War. He was a member of the Russian branch of the Anrep family, the son of Heinrich Reinhold von Anrep, a general of the Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars.

Joseph Carl von Anrep
Born6 February 1798
DiedJune 28, 1860(1860-06-28) (aged 62)
Russia
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Years of service1815–1860
RankGeneral of the Cavalry
Battles/warsRusso-Turkish War (1828–29)
November Uprising
Hungarian Campaign
Crimean War
AwardsOrder of St. Anna
Order of St. George
Order of St. Vladimir

Biography edit

Anrep married Cecelia [Cäcilie] Julie Philippine Elmpt zu Burgau.[1] On 6 May 1853, by edict of the Tzar, he was styled Count Anrep-Elmpt in order to preserve the title of his wife's grandfather, Count von Elmpt, who had no other heir. At the start of the Crimean War, Anrep was a colonel in Russian army, but he was quickly promoted to general. He commanded the Russian troops at the siege of Calafat.[2][3] Anrep died in 1860.[1] He was the owner of Kärstna manor in present-day Estonia. His son, Reinhold von Anrep-Elmpt, was an explorer.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Leonhard von Stryk (1877) Beiträge zur Geschichte der Rittergüter Livlands C. Mattiesen, Dorpat, Germany (now Tartu, Estonia), Volume 1, page 354, OCLC 49477032, in German
  2. ^ Porter, James and Larpent, George (1854) Turkey: Its History and Progress Hurst & Blackett, London, pp. 432-436, OCLC 15597329
  3. ^ Jaques, Tony (2007) Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A guide to 8,500 battles from antiquity through the twenty-first century: A-E Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, Volume 1, page 184 ISBN 0-313-33536-2