Emanuel von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg

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Baron Emanuel von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg (also: Emanuel von Bretfeld zu Cronenburg ) (born February 3, 1774 in Prague , † June 7, 1840 in Graefenberg ) was a Bohemian officer.

Life

family

Emanuel von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg came from a noble family from Krumau in South Bohemia . His father was Joseph von Bretfeld and his mother, his second wife, was Maria Anna Chlumczansky von Przestawik and Chlumczan (* unknown; † 1819). His siblings were:

  • Baron Anton Peter von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg (* April 28, 1767; † unknown)
  • Baron Franz Joseph von Bretfeld-Chlumczansky ;
  • Antonia Theresia von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg (* June 27, 1779; † unknown).

Emanuel von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg was married to Countess Maria Caroline Christine Wilhelmina (born January 16, 1785 in Karlsbad ; † February 22, 1842 in Vienna ), a daughter of Count Ferdinand Anton von Ahlefeldt and his wife Princess Maria , since May 1, 1810 Theresia born Thurn and Taxis (1755–1823). They had four children together:

  • Freiin Maria Theresia von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg (* April 8, 1811; † unknown);
  • Baron Karoline Eleonore von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg (born August 5, 1813 in Prague, † August 20, 1857 in Šentjur pri Celju ); married to August Ferdinand Karl Cloßmann (born January 16, 1809 in Munich, † September 18, 1865 in Graz );
  • Baron Karl Egon von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg (* 7 August 1819; † unknown);
  • Emanuel Gabriel von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg (* March 25, 1821 - † August 16, 1875).

Career

Emanuel von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg joined the hussar regiment of Count Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser as a cadet in 1789 . In the same year he took part in the siege of Belgrade under Field Marshal Gideon Ernst von Laudon when the imperial groups were fighting against the Turks in the Russian-Austrian Turkish War. In 1790 he was promoted to lieutenant . After the end of the Turkish campaign, the regiment was returned to Silesia and remained there until it was ordered to France in mid-1792 at the beginning of the First Coalition War . In 1806 he was promoted to Rittmeister .

In 1809, he was transferred to the Hussar Regiment (later: Kuk Hussar Regiment "Count Nádasdy" No. 9 ) of Count Johann Maria Philipp Frimont von Palota as major . There he received the order to raid the Gradiska fortress and to besiege Palmanuova with a battalion of Trieste, a battalion of Gränzer and a division of Frimont Hussars . He was seriously wounded in the fighting in Maria Lunga. After his recovery, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel . After the Treaty of Schönbrunn in 1809, his regiment was transferred to the stationing quarters in Croatia and Hungary ; they stayed there until 1813. In 1813 Breitfeld zu Kronenburg was significantly involved in the fighting in Bassano del Grappa , Caldiero , St. Michael and Mozambano .

In 1814 he was appointed Colonel and Commander of the Hussar Regiment of Joseph of Austria (from 1893 Kuk Hussar Regiment "Friedrich Leopold of Prussia" No. 2 ). The regiment was in Trier and stayed there until 1815. After Napoleon Bonaparte , coming from Elba , landed in Cannes on March 1st, 1815 , Bretfeld was ordered to Kronenburg to protect the imperial court camp. He marched with the court camp from Mannheim to Paris . After the Second Peace of Paris, he moved to his garrison station in Nagy Enged in Transylvania .

In 1819 he was transferred from the "Archduke Joseph Hussars" to the Kuk Dragoon Regiment "Emperor Franz I." No. 1 stationed in Brandeis in Bohemia .

In 1827 he was promoted to major general and brigadier and in 1830 to field marshal lieutenant and division general .

Awards

Emanuel von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg was awarded the Leopold Order in 1827 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, pp. 638–640 . BF Voigt., 1842 ( google.de [accessed on February 5, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Newspaper for the German Aristocracy, pp. 290–291 . Helbig, 1840 ( google.de [accessed February 7, 2018]).
  3. ↑ COMPACTGEN names & titles starting with BRETFE. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
  4. ^ Pieter: Emanuel Bretfeld Vrijheer van Kronenburg (1774-1840). (No longer available online.) In: Genealogie Online. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018 ; accessed on February 5, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.genealogieonline.nl
  5. ↑ Jurende's patriotic pilgrims in the imperial state of Austria: a national calendar for all provinces of Austria, p. 189 . 1827 ( google.de [accessed February 7, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Allgemeine Militär-Zeitung, p. 272 . CW Leske, 1827 ( google.de [accessed February 6, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Der Oesterreichischer Beobachter: 1827, p. 926 . Strauss, 1827 ( google.de [accessed February 7, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Bretfeld zu Kronenburg, Emanuel von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bretfeld zu Cronenburg, Emanuel von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION bohemian officer
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1840
Place of death Graefenberg