Joseph Carl von Anrep (1796 – 1860) was a Russia

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n general during the Crimean War

Crimean War

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. 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

Napoleonic Wars

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Biography

Anep married Cecelia Julie Philippine Elmpt. 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 father, Count von Elmpt, who had no other heir. At the start of the Crimean War, Anrep was a colonel in Russian army, but was quickly promoted to general. He commanded the Russian troops at the siege of Calafat. Anrep died in 1860.