August von Herzogenberg

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August Freiherr von Herzogenberg, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1834

August Freiherr von Herzogenberg (originally Pierre-Auguste Picot de Peccaduc , born February 13, 1767 in Fougeray , Bretagne , † February 15, 1834 in Vienna ) was an Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal of Breton origin.

Life

He comes from a noble Breton family with roots in the Poitou. He was educated along with Napoleon at the Brienne Military Academy . His father fell victim to the revolution in 1792. As early as 1791 he and his brothers had joined the Rohan emigrant corps . In 1797 he transferred to Austrian services. He took part in the campaign of 1805 in Germany and was taken prisoner at the Battle of Ulm . In 1811 he dropped the French name and took the name Herzogenberg. That year he was promoted to colonel and regimental commander, and the following year to major general. Near Dresden and Kulm he won the Commander's Cross of the Leopold Order and the Grand Cross of the Russian Order of St. Anne . He was badly wounded in these skirmishes. After serious tumults broke out in the engineering academy in Vienna in 1820 , he was appointed local director of the institute. He was able to bring the situation under control with non-party severity (he is said to never have smiled). In 1821 he also became the curator of the Theresian Knight Academy . In 1822 he was appointed regiment owner of the kuk infantry regiment No. 35 , in 1827 he was promoted to field marshal lieutenant .

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personal data
SURNAME Herzogenberg, August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herzogenberg, August Freiherr von (full name); Picot de Peccaduc, Pierre-Auguste (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian field marshal lieutenant of French origin
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Fougeray , Brittany
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1834
Place of death Vienna