Anton Joseph von Brentano-Cimaroli

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Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order
Family coat of arms with the imperial double-headed eagle, from the general's epitaph
Epitaph in the Frankfurt Cathedral

Anton Joseph Freiherr von Brentano-Cimaroli (born November 13, 1741 in Genoa , Italy; † January 20, 1793 in Frankfurt am Main ) was an Austrian major general and knight of the Military Maria Theresa Order .

Life

origin

He was born the son of Joseph Andreas Brentano-Cimaroli, Milanese senator and imperial consul in Genoa and Trieste . The father's brother was the Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Joseph Anton von Brentano-Cimaroli (1719–1764); Their two uncles Carlo Andrea Brentano-Cimaroli, Austrian officer and veteran of the Turkish wars, who received the Hungarian indigenous from Emperor Leopold I for his bravery and was awarded a coat of arms with the imperial double-headed eagle. The latter is the founder of this line of the widely ramified Brentano family .

Life history

Anton Joseph von Brentano joined the Imperial Army at the age of 15 . In the Seven Years' War he was promoted to first lieutenant and in the War of the Bavarian Succession he became a colonel . In the battle of Dittersbach (Frauenstein) he succeeded in capturing 16 enemy officers and 400 men.

Then Anton Joseph Brentano was given the order to set up a volunteer corps on the Hungarian military border in the Varaždin district in order to prevent Turkish attacks. The officer personally presented his troops in Vienna and subsequently advanced to major general on October 11, 1785 . He also became a brigadier in Karlovac and received the title of baron .

In the Russo-Turkish War , the Austrian army fought on the Russian side. During the conquest of Dubica in 1788, Brentano stood out for his bravery by leading the troops on foot during the storming of the Turks, which is why he received the ownership of the Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment No. 35. When taking Novi , Brentano again led his troops to the storm and collapsed seriously wounded in the moat. Only poorly restored, he fought nine months later near Gradiška and Belgrade . Here he held a strategically important, advanced position during the conquest and was mentioned by name by Field Marshal Gideon Ernst von Laudon in his mission report to Emperor Joseph II , which resulted in the award of the Military Maria Theresa Order .

The severe wounds suffered at Novi hardly allowed any further military use of Brentano. However, when the First Coalition War broke out with revolutionary France in 1792 , the general volunteered to return to the troops. The defense of the city of Trier was entrusted to him, which he successfully carried out from September 2nd to 19th, 1792 using his last physical strength. The French had to retreat to Metz after bitter resistance from the defenders . Brentano was proposed to field marshal lieutenant , but could no longer be promoted. The old wounds from the Turkish war had cracked open and inflamed. In a life-threatening condition, he was brought to Frankfurt to the house of his relative Peter Anton Brentano . His wife Maximiliane von La Roche took care of him here, but he died on January 20, 1793. Bettina von Brentano was a seven-year-old eyewitness to his death. The solemn burial in Frankfurt Cathedral took place on January 23rd, Duke Karl August von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach personally attended. The general's epitaph is preserved in the cathedral (2012).

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SURNAME Brentano-Cimaroli, Anton Joseph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brentano-Cimaroli, Anton Joseph Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian major general, knight of the Maria Theresa Order
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1741
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa , Italy
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1793
Place of death Frankfurt am Main