Christoph von Degenfeld-Schonburg
Christoph Graf von Degenfeld-Schonburg (born May 3, 1831 in Mainz , † March 14, 1908 in Gorizia ), was kk general of the cavalry , commanding general in the Banat and fortress commander of Timisoara . He was also a real privy councilor and chamberlain.
Life
Christoph Graf von Degenfeld-Schonburg came from the family of the Counts of Degenfeld-Schonburg . His father August Franz Johann Christoph Graf von Degenfeld-Schonburg was an Austrian Feldzeugmeister and his mother Elizabeth Watson of Clonbrogan and Bossana was the daughter of an Irish Esquire .
In 1848 he took part in the capture of Vienna and in 1866 in the war against Prussia . In 1876 he was appointed field marshal lieutenant, in 1882 with the military command of the Banat and in 1883 with the command of the 7th Corps in Timisoara.
From April 8, 1882 to March 1, 1889, Degenfeld-Schonburg was the commanding general in the Banat, from 1882 owner of infantry regiment No. 83 and from 1887 general of the cavalry. Degenfeld-Schonburg retired in 1889. In the course of his retirement, he was also awarded the Grand Cross of the Leopold Order for his services . In his first marriage he was married to the widowed Helene Margravine Pallavicini (1834-1883), who came from the old Hungarian noble family of the Zichy von Zich and Vásonkeő. After her death, on July 12, 1883 he married his second wife on April 7, 1885 in Brynnek the native Breslauerin Alice Margaret Rosenthal (1863-1944), daughter of the reindeer Albert Rosenthal and his wife Pauline born Cassirer.
Works
- The maneuvers of the kk 7th Corps and the assigned k. Hungarian Landwehr troops in 1884. Vienna 1885
literature
- Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banat Germans. Th. Breit Verlag, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Brynnek registry office : marriage register . No. 3/1885.
- ↑ a b c d Degenfeld-Schonburg , Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
- ↑ a b c Anton Peter Petri: Biographical Lexicon of the Banater Deutschtums. Th. Breit Verlag, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2 .
- ↑ telegrams . In: Prager Abendblatt . March 13, 1889, p. 4 ( anno.onb.ac.at [accessed on January 14, 2019]).
- ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Gräfliche Häuser 1902 , seventy-fifth year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1902, p. 198.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Degenfeld-Schonburg, Christoph von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Degenfeld-Schonburg, Christof Graf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-Hungarian cavalry general, commanding general in the Banat and fortress commander of Timisoara |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1908 |
| Place of death | Gorizia |