Edmund zu Schwarzenberg
Edmund Leopold Friedrich Prince zu Schwarzenberg (born November 18, 1803 in Vienna , † November 17, 1873 at Worlik Castle in Bohemia) was the last Austrian field marshal appointed in the 19th century .
Life
During his studies of philosophy in 1820, like his brother Karl Philipp Borromäus zu Schwarzenberg, he became a member of the old Leipzig fraternity . The youngest son of the victor of Leipzig in 1813, Field Marshal Karl Fürst Schwarzenberg , joined the Imperial and Royal Army as a cadet in 1821 and quickly became a senior officer and staff officer. In 1836 he was assigned to the Colonel and Commander of the Cuirassier Regiment No. 4 and in 1844 as Major General of the Court War Council . The revolutionary year of 1848 saw him as a brigade commander under Radetzky's command in Italy, where he was able to distinguish himself in several skirmishes. In the battle for Milan he acquired the Maria Theresa Order from Vigentin on August 4, 1848 .
Shortly afterwards he was transferred to the theater of war in Hungary, where he took part in the campaign in the winter of 1848/49. On February 26, 1849, the II. Corps (FML Count Wrbna) advanced from Gyöngyös against Kápolna, while Schwarzenberg and his troops from Arokszállás advanced against Kaál, with the battle of Kápolna developing. A Hungarian cavalry attack was thrown back by the prince with Civalart-Uhlanen and Kreß-Chevauxlegers. The following day the village of Kaál was taken by storm and the defeated Hungarians were pursued until evening.
Also in the war year 1859 Schwarzenberg, now as commander of the 3rd Army Corps, was deployed in Italy. On June 24th he took part in the Battle of Solferino . After he was in command of the 2nd Corps for a short time in the following months of peace and was thus the commanding general in Lower and Upper Austria, Salzburg and Styria, he was relieved of further service at the end of 1860 "for health reasons".
On the occasion of the unveiling of his father's monument on Schwarzenbergplatz in Vienna on October 18, 1867, he was promoted to field marshal . He was the last officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army to receive this rank in the 19th century.
literature
- Friedrich Fürst Schwarzenberg, fragments from the diary during a trip to the Levant. Printed as a manuscript from 1837. Vienna, print by Leopod Grund, 1856. 2 vols, 150, 215 p., 17.5 × 12 cm.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schwarzenberg, Edmund Fürst . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 33. Part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1877, pp. 36–39 ( digitized version ).
- Adolf Schinzl : Schwarzenberg, Edmund Fürst zu . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 262-266.
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , pp. 388-389.
- E. Wohlgemuth: Schwarzenberg Edmund Fürst zu (secondary school). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 13 f. (Direct links on p. 13 , p. 14 ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , p. 388.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwarzenberg, Edmund too |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwarzenberg, Edmund Leopold Friedrich Prince |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian field marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1873 |
| Place of death | Worlik Castle , Bohemia |