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Wilhelm Schmidt von der Launitz | |
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 General of the Cavalry Wilhelm Schmidt von der Launitz | |
 Commander of the Kharkov Military District | |
| In office 10 August [O.S. 29 July] 1864 – 26 October [O.S. 14] 1864 | |
| Monarch | Alexander II |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Sigizmund Merkhilevich |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Georg Wilhelm Eduard Launitz 9 August [O.S. 28 July] 1802 Grobin, Grobin County, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Grobiņa, Grobiņa Municipality, Latvia) |
| Died | 26 October [O.S. 14] 1864 (aged 62) Kharkov, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Kharkiv, Ukraine) |
| Spouse | Mathilde Luise Henriette von Budberg |
| Children | 5 children |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire |
| Branch/service | Imperial Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1819–1864 |
| Rank |  General of the Cavalry |
| Commands | 10th Odessa Lancers Regiment Separate Corps of the Internal Guards Kharkov Military District (August–October 1864) |
| Battles/wars | November Uprising Hungarian Revolution of 1848 |
Georg Wilhelm "William" Eduard Schmidt von[2] der Launitz (Born Launitz; Russian: Васи́лий Фёдорович Лауниц, tr. Vasíliy Fyodorovich Launits; 1802 – 26 October [O.S. 14] 1864) was a Baltic German general in the service of the Imperial Russian Army. Launitz was noted for being a strict and disciplined commander, and thanks to his effort, many of his troops’ living conditions were improved. Launitz also served as the first commander of the Kharkov Military District from August 1864 before dying from falling of his horse in October of the same year.
- ^ [1] Klingspor, Carl Arvid. Baltic coat of arms book, pp. 61
- ^ In German personal names, von is a preposition which approximately means of or from and usually denotes some sort of nobility. While von (always lower case) is part of the family name or territorial designation, not a first or middle name, if the noble is referred to by his last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.