Bernhard Caboga-Cerva

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Bernhard Caboga, lithograph by Gabriel Decker , 1852

Bernhard Franz Maria Graf von Caboga-Cerva ( Croatian great Bernard (Brno) Kabužić-Crijević , Italian conte Bernardo Caboga-Cerva ) (born February 6, 1785 in Ragusa ; † November 19, 1855 in Vienna ) was a kuk chamberlain , real Privy Councilor , Feldzeugmeister and Director of the General Engineering Directorate.

origin

The Counts of Caboga come from one of the oldest patrician families of the former Ragusa Republic in Dalmatia , in which the ancestors, the highest dignitaries of the state, as it were hereditary, clad, were in high regard. The list of ancestors begins with Martino di Caboga and his wife Maria di Bona. On April 19, 1560, Lucius Caboga received the imperial knighthood ad personam from Emperor Ferdinand I.

Berhard's father, Bernardo Giovanni Conte di Caboga, married Maria Contessa di Sorgo-Cerva, which is why Bernhard used the double name Caboga-Cervo.

Bernhard Franz married Wanda Julie (* 1788) in Vienna on November 26, 1833, star cross and palace lady , daughter of the Imperial Russian Secret Council and Reichsrat member Severin Graf von Potocki († 1828). The marriage remained childless. His brother Blasius Philipp Anton Johann Franz (* May 25, 1774; † May 13, 1854) married Maria Caterina Saracco and propagated the family.

biography

Storming of Warsaw by Russian troops in 1831
Former genius headquarters

Caboga was a graduate of the engineering academy, first lieutenant in the cartographic service in 1803, fortified Trieste in 1806 , defended the Lueg pass in 1809 and was assigned to the army of the Swedish Crown Prince in 1813 .

After various diplomatic missions to the Ionian Islands , Albania and Montenegro , he was with the Prince of Hesse-Homburg in the Russian headquarters during the occupation of Naples from 1821 to 1827 . He took 1830/31 as a colonel in the staff of Marshals Diebitsch and Paskewitsch in the suppression of the Polish November uprising as well as in the battles for the capture of Warsaw on August 26th July. / 7th September  1831 greg. part. He then worked on the fortifications of Dalmatia as a Fortification Local Director in Ragusa, which led him to a mission to the Ionian Islands in this capacity , then he was the commander of the Mineur Corps in Bohemia .

While another branch of the family had already been awarded the Austro-Herbland count status by Emperor Franz I in 1814 , Bernhard and his brother first received confirmation as a nobili on August 11, 1817, then the prevalence of their foreign nobility on August 1. January 1833 as Conte and finally admission to the Imperial and Royal Counts of Vienna on March 22, 1835.

From 1836–38 he was at the court of Modena , educator of the sons of Duke Franz IV and court master . In 1838 he was appointed to the General Directorate of Geniuses and on May 7, 1838 advanced to Major General , then to Field Marshal Lieutenant on April 3, 1846 , became Director General of the Directorate of Geniuses in January 1850 and, in this position, Feldzeugmeister on April 24, 1854. He was considered a promoter of the reorganization of the genius weapon.

The count was also an honorary member of the Societa agraria in Ragusa for many years .

Awards

The officer received numerous decorations, including:

coat of arms

Family coat of arms of the Counts of Caboga
Coat of arms of the Counts of Caboga 1835

1560/1817: A red diagonal bar in blue. Over the closed crowned helmet three ostrich feathers, blue, red, blue. Behind the shield, a blue and gold outward-flying square banner with the gold letters SB (San Biagio) on a red shaft extends diagonally from left to right, which protrudes above the left ceiling. The covers are blue-gold on the right and red-gold on the left.

1835: Shield in blue with a red diagonal bar fringed on both sides by golden threads. Above the shield stands the count's crown, on which a crowned helmet with a blue and gold cover on the right and red and gold on the left rises. He wears three ostrich feathers, blue, red, blue. The shield is held on the right by a golden, outward-looking lion crowned with a golden crenellated crown, which holds up a golden key in the right front paw towards the shield, on the left a silver seahorse with a looped fish tail, on the left a blue seahorse, in the left forefoot gold fringed outward flying square banner with the golden letters SB (San Biagio) holding on a red lance shaft. The motto is written on a ribbon under the shield: Fortis restitit, servavit .

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Prof. Dr. Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: "German count houses of the present: in heraldic, historical and genealogical relation", 3rd volume, A – Z, Verlag TO Weigel, Leipzig 1854, p. 52
  2. ^ Genealogical paperback of the German count's houses for the year 1870, 43rd year, volume 17, Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha 1870, p. 206 f.
  3. ^ Caboga Bernhard Graf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 132.
  4. ^ Heinrich Blasek, Frank Rieger: "Contributions to the history of the K. u. K. Genie-Weapon", Volume 1, Redaction of the "Mittheilungen" in the K. u. K. Technical Military Comité, Vienna 1898, Appendix 43 b
  5. ↑ Karl Friedrich Heyer von Rosenfeld: "The Adel of the Kingdom of Dalmatia", in J. Siebmacher's great Wappenbuch, 4th volume, 3rd department, Verlag Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1873, p. 6
  6. ^ A b Karl Friedrich Heyer von Rosenfeld: "The Adel of the Kingdom of Dalmatia", in J. Siebmacher's great Wappenbuch, 4th volume, 3rd department, Verlag Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1873, p. 6
  7. ^ Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk Generalität 1816–1918, Austrian State Archives, 1907, p. 25
  8. ^ Austrian military magazine, Volume 1, Kaiserl. Royal Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1885, pp. 175, 190
  9. ↑ Dr. Joseph Salomon: "Austria: - Austrian universal calendar for the common year 1857", Verlag von Ignaz Klang, Vienna 1857, p. 366
  10. ↑ Military schematism of the Austrian Empire. KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1850, pp. 16, 107, 387.
  11. ^ Prague News. No. 13 of January 22, 1829, p. 2.
  12. ^ Court and State Schematism of the Austrian Empire. Part 1, kk Hof- und Staats- Aerarial-Druckerey, Vienna 1837, p. 347.
  13. ↑ Austrian observer. No. 49 of February 18, 1822, p. 208.
  14. ^ Johann Baptist Schels (Red.): Austrian military magazine. Volume VII, Volume 3, Issue 7 to 9, printed by Anton Strauss's blessed Widow, Vienna 1833, p. 235.
  15. ^ Karl Friedrich Heyer von Rosenfeld: The nobility of the kingdom of Dalmatia. in: J. Siebmacher's great book of arms. Volume 4, Section 3, Verlag Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1873, p. 6, part 3.
personal data
SURNAME Caboga-Cerva, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kabužić-Crijević, great Bernard; Kabužić-Crijević, Brno; Caboga-Cerva, conte Bernardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Feldzeugmeister
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH Dubrovnik (Ragusa)
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1855
Place of death Vienna