Damian Casimir von Dalberg

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Coat of arms of the Freiherrn von Dalberg, treasurer of Worms

Damian Casimir von Dalberg (born November 11, 1675 in Speyer ; † August 18, 1717 near Belgrade ) was baron , general sergeant of the imperial army and commander of the high and German master regiment .

Life

Origin and family

Damian Casimir von Dalberg came from the family of the Freiherrn von Dalberg and was one of 14 children of the President of the Imperial Court of Justice Philipp Franz Eberhard von Dalberg (born March 15, 1635 - † December 24, 1693) and his wife Anna Katharina Franziska von Dalberg (* 4. December 1644; † July 30, 1679 in Speyer ), a daughter of Johann XXV. von Dalberg and Anna Antonetta von der Leyen , a sister of the Archbishops of Mainz Karl Kaspar von der Leyen and Damian Hartard von der Leyen .

Two brothers of Damian Casimir lived as canons in Würzburg , another brother, Adolf von Dalberg (1678–1737), was prince abbot of the Fulda monastery from 1726 to 1737 . For the relationships see also: here .

Military career

Damian Casimir von Dalberg grew up in Speyer, before 1689 the seat of the Imperial Court of Justice, of which his father was president. As a professed knight he joined the Teutonic Order and was sworn in on November 6, 1703. In various campaigns he served as an officer in the high and German master regiment, whose commander he was from May 22, 1708.

In 1715 Damian Casimir von Dalberg became Commander of the Teutonic Order of St. Aegidius Aachen . On February 24, 1716 he was promoted to general sergeant major (major general). He also had the rank of imperial chamberlain .

death

Under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy , he took part in the Venetian-Austrian Turkish War. Here he fought in the Battle of Belgrade in 1717 . The whole campaign was aimed at the conquest of this city. In mid-June the siege of the fortress, which was occupied by 30,000 Ottomans , began by Prince Eugene's troops. The bombardment began on July 23. At the beginning of August a 200,000 strong Ottoman relief army arrived and in turn besieged the 70,000 strong Austrian army. Even before the numerically superior relief army could intervene in the battle, Prince Eugene went on to attack on August 16, which, after long and bitter fighting, finally ended with an overwhelming victory for the Austrian troops. The relief army fled and the city surrendered on August 22nd. Damian Casimir von Dalberg suffered severe wounds on the first day of the attack (August 16), of which he died on August 18. He was buried on the battlefield and, along with the Lieutenant Field Marshal Prince Joseph Anton von Lobkowitz and Count Johann Georg von der Hauben, is one of the three highest-ranking soldiers who died on the Austrian side off Belgrade.

literature

  • Nurdan Melek Aksulu: The High Gate, Turkish Wars , Conflicts and Relationships between the Occident and Turkey (1703–1738) , BoD - Books on Demand, 2009, p. 169, ISBN 3837084477 ; (Digital scan)
  • Luck and misfortune of the main vestibule Belgrade or Greek Weissenburg , Augsburg, 1717, without page counting, (digital scan)
  • Johann Samuel Publication : Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste , Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig, 1832, 1 Section, 22nd part, p. 71; (Digital scan)
  • Gaston Bodart: Military History War Lexicon (1618-1905) , Leipzig, 1908, p. 175 u. 901; (Digital scan)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical website for the wife
  2. ↑ Peter Gärtner: History of the Bavarian-Rhineland Palatinate castles and the families who formerly owned them , Volume 2, p. 185, Speyer, 1854; (Digital scan)
  3. ^ Leopold Nedopil: German aristocratic samples from the Deutsch-Ordens-Central-Archiv , Vienna, 1868, p. 175; (Digital scan)
  4. ^ Franz Schultz: Prehistory of the Hoch- und Deutschmeister Regiment: A festive gift for its 200-year jubilee , Vienna 1896, p. 90; (Detail scan)
  5. ↑ Philipp Balthasar Sinold von Schütz: Die Europäische Fama , 193rd volume, 1716, p. 553
  6. ↑ Reinhard Schneider: The Dalberger Hof in Mainz and its architect Caspar Herwartel 1675-1720: idea and design of a baroque city palace . Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft , Worms 1986, p. 11. ISBN 3884620274
  7. ↑ Copia of a particular letter from the victory ... der Vestung Belgrade , 1717, without page numbers (digital scan)
personal data
SURNAME Dalberg, Damian Casimir von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sergeant General of the Imperial Army
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1675
PLACE OF BIRTH Speyer
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1717
Place of death near Belgrade