François-Joseph d'Offenstein
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François-Joseph d'Offenstein (born July 27, 1760 in Erstein , Alsace ; † September 27, 1837 in Mouzay . Meuse ) was a French general de brigade of the coalition wars from Alsace .
Life
François-Joseph Offenstein was born as the son of the butcher François-Joseph Offenstein and his wife Catherine Reibel. On March 10, 1777, at the age of 16, he joined the French army of the Ancien Régime .
During the French Revolution , Offenstein first served as Lieutenant-Colonel in 1792. At the age of 33, he was promoted to Général de brigade in July 1793 and a little later thanks to his political relationship to the Général de division . He became the commandant of the French city of Neuf-Brisach . He lost this post in 1794 and was fired when he mistook a river for a road on a map and misdirected a detachment of 18,000 men. However, due to his simple background, he had hardly learned to read (in retrospect this caused quite a bit of ridicule and was also greatly exaggerated). It only hurt his career for a short time.
At his own request, Offenstein rejoined the army with the lower rank of colonel . On July 14, 1804, he was appointed officer of the Legion of Honor for his participation in almost all battles on the Rhine during the French Revolutionary Wars and those under the consulate of Napoleon . During the First Empire , he fought on June 10, 1807 in the Battle of Heilsberg . On June 25, 1807 Offenstein was again promoted to the general de brigade. On June 26, 1809 he was accepted as a baron in the nobility of the empire. As a military man, d'Offenstein worked with Marshal Brune until 1815 .
Offenstein died on September 27, 1837 at the age of 77.
In 1803 he married Marie Barbe Lamarcq, with whom he had two children, Guillaume François (1804–1865) and Eugène Auguste (1808–1863). François-Joseph d'Offenstein was a distant uncle of Paul Rohmer (1876–1977).
Awards
- June 14, 1804 : Officer of the Legion of Honor
- A street in Strasbourg , the Rue du General François-Joseph d'Offenstein , is named after him today.
literature
- Alphonse Halter: Offenstein, Francois Joseph, baron . In: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne , Faszikel 28, 1989, pp. 2902-2903.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Offenstein, François-Joseph d ' |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Offenstein, François-Joseph Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French baron, general of Napoléon Bonaparte |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1760 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erstein , Alsace |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1837 |
| Place of death | Mouzay |