Franz Anton von Hallweil

Franz Anton Count von Hallweil (~ July 27, 1702 in Pressburg ; † January 5, 1779 ) was a Habsburg general and court war councilor .

Life

Johann Franz Anton Ignaz, Imperial Count of Hallweil ( Hallwyl ), was the eldest son of the Colonel Master of Stables, Franz Michael Graf von Hallweil (1674–1749) and Franziska Josepha von Areyzaga († 1720) , who was educated together with Emperor Josef I. He was baptized on July 27, 1702 in the Collegiate Church in Pressburg, where his father was the Hungarian Chamber Council at the time.

Having grown up in Vienna, Count Hallweil embarked on a military career at an early age. In 1727 he became a lieutenant in the cuirassier regiment Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, with whom he fought in the War of the Polish Succession , and later also took part in the War of the Austrian Succession . In 1738 he appears as a captain in Prince Eugene of Savoy's dragoon regiment ; five years later he was colonel sergeant. In 1747 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1751 received the colonel patent at the same time as command of the Savoy Regiment and was appointed imperial chamberlain. In March 1756, at his request, Empress Maria Theresa promoted him to major general (general field sergeant). He also tried to be admitted to the Court War Council, which Maria Theresa gave him on an honorary basis (without remuneration) since there was no vacancy. In 1759 he appears as President of the Commission of Inquiry into the "Defension and Handover of Breslau". In 1764 the Empress appointed him field marshal lieutenant on horseback while maintaining the "previous salary". Only five years later did he receive half of the field marshal's fee at his request. On December 23, 1770, the Empress appointed him the "real secret council", which finally brought him a befitting salary and thus financial independence from his wealthy wife, Maria Anna née Garelli (1717–1784), daughter of the doctor Nicolo Pio de Garelli and Widow of the kk Hofkammerrat Leopold Gundakar Ritter von Suttner.

Count Hallweils main activity remained the cooperation in the judicial college of the war council. On June 6, 1772, Emperor Joseph II, succeeding the deceased Field Marshal Baron von Krottendorf, entrusted him with the overall supervision of the entire disability system and ordered that the entire “characteristic fee” of the Military Disability Office be paid for with accommodation allowance along with his previous salary to be paid. The emperor also appointed him a "really secret council". Responsible for the entire staff of the Invalidenamt, the various houses for invalids throughout the empire and the Pettau boys' house, his visitation trips often took him away from Vienna. In the last years of his office and life, Count Hallweil had to take several longer illness-related vacations. He did not recover from his last illness; he died on January 5, 1779.

With his death, the Austrian branch of the Hallwyl family died out in the male line. His only surviving child, his daughter Franziska Romana , married her distant cousin Johann Abraham von Hallwil from the Reformed branch of the Aargau family in 1775 under scandalous circumstances .

literature

• Alois Koch: Franziska Romana von Hallwil. Biographical sketches as contributions to the history of the Lords of Hallwil and to Pestalozzi research , Diss. Phil. Freiburg i. Ue., Seengen 1968. (Local history from Seetal 41)