Adolf Nikolaus von Buccow

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Adolf Nikolaus von Buccow (1712–1764)

Adolf Nikolaus von Buccow (born January 7, 1712 , † May 18, 1764 in Sibiu ) was an Austrian general of the cavalry and governor of Transylvania . He came from a north German family. His parents were Georg Wilhelm von Bucco († July 6, 1740) and Anna Elisabeth Croix de Frechapell . His grandfather Lucas von Bucco was the illegitimate son of Georg Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg .

He fought in Northern Italy during the War of the Polish Succession . It was there that Prince Charles of Lorraine became aware of him. During the War of the Austrian Succession he was Adjutant General of Lorraine and was able to distinguish himself several times. During the second Silesian War he occupied Mittenwalde on December 2, 1744 . In May 1745 he captured a supply transport near Jägersdorf and stormed Kosel with the Trenck Pandours . In 1746 he was appointed major general (general sergeant major).

When the Seven Years' War broke out , he had been Lieutenant Field Marshal from June 1754 . After the Battle of Leuthen in 1757, he led the rearguard of the army with distinction and under difficult circumstances. He also contributed a lot to the relief of Olomouc in 1758 and then distinguished himself again at Dresden. In the Battle of Torgau on November 3, 1760, after Leopold Joseph von Daun was wounded, he took command of the army, but had to hand it back to General Karl O'Donnell , wounded himself . For his bravery, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order . After his recovery in May 1762 he became governor of Transylvania after his predecessor had died. There it was his most important task to regulate the administration and to procure fresh troops for the state, in particular the border security should be revised. Von Buccow died before he could complete this task.

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His son Georg († October 5, 1789 outside Belgrade) was also awarded the military and the Military Order of Maria Theresa .

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  1. A daughter of the head stable master Franz de Croix de Frechapelle († June 5, 1741), cf.: After a duel the palace lost in Cellesche Zeitung