Ferdinand von Bubna and Littitz

Ferdinand von Bubna and Littitz

Count Ferdinand von Bubna and Littitz (born November 26, 1768 in Zámrsk (German Samrsk ), Hohenmauth district in Bohemia ; † June 5, 1825 in Milan ) was an Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal and Governor General of Piedmont , Savoy and Nice . He came from the Bohemian branch of the Bubna-Lititz family ( Bubnové z Litic in Czech ).

Life

Bubna entered Austrian military service in 1784, became a cadet in 1784, ensign in 1788, squadron commander in 1797, ordinance officer in 1799, lieutenant in 1800. He fought against the Turks of the Ottoman Empire between 1788 and 1790 and against France from 1792 to 1797 . In 1799 he became major and later adjutant general of Archduke Karl von Österreich-Teschen . From 1805 he worked as a colonel in the War Ministry under the direction of the Archduke. As major general and head of the military department in the Court War Council , he took part in the 1805 Battle of Austerlitz under Johann I Josef Prince Liechtenstein. He then accompanied the prince to the headquarters of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte .

Bubna was promoted to field marshal lieutenant in 1809 and was the representative of Prince Karl Philipp zu Schwarzenberg in Paris between January and August 1813 . After Austria was annexed to the allies, he took part in the Battle of Leipzig as commander of the 2nd light division . He penetrated Switzerland at the head of the 1st light division , occupied Geneva on December 28, 1813 , crossed the border to the French Jura and advanced as far as Lyon . Here, however, the Marshal of France Charles Pierre François Augereau pushed him back to Geneva, where he established himself.

After the end of the campaign, Bubna was appointed governor general of Savoy, Piedmont and Nice. After Napoleon's landing in March 1815, at the head of the 2nd Army Corps of the Italian Army under the command of Johann Maria Philipp Frimont von Palota , he advanced again against Lyon in July and fought against Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet in Savoy until Paris was surrendered.

After the peace, the emperor presented him with several goods in Bohemia and in 1818 handed him the high command in Lombardy . During the Piedmontese riots in 1821, he entered Piedmont without orders and suppressed the uprising within five days.

Count Ferdinand von Bubna and Littitz died on June 5, 1825 in Milan.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Bubna von Littitz, Ferdinand Graf von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, pp. 183–187 ( digitized version ).
• Wilhelm Edler von Janko :  Bubna von Lititz, Ferdinand Graf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 461.
• Hellmuth Rößler:  Bubna von Lititz, Ferdinand Graf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 695 ( digitized version ).
• Bubna von Littitz Ferdinand Graf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 122.
• Heribert Sturm : Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries. Published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) , Vol. 1, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich Vienna 1979, p. 159.

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