Franz von Koller
Franz von Koller , Baron von Koller since 1809 , (born November 27, 1767 in Münchengrätz ; † August 22, 1826 in Naples ) was Schwarzenberg's adjutant general in 1813 and accompanied Napoleon to Elba in 1814 as the Austrian commissioner .
family
Franz von Koller was married to Johanna von Gränzstein. They had a daughter and three sons, one of his sons was Alexander von Koller .
For his services Franz von Koller received the hereditary baron diploma in 1809 (see also Koller (Austrian noble families) ). The coat of arms is divided lengthways, the left half is still divided crosswise. The right field shows two oblique left red bars in silver. The upper left field is occupied by a six-pointed golden star in blue. The lower left field is a right-riding red lion on a silver background. The lion is holding a gold star in its right front paw .
Life
As a young officer, Koller did general staff service in the campaigns from 1792 to 1794. In 1805 he became a colonel in infantry regiment No. 55 and in 1809 acquired the Maria Theresa Order at the head of his regiment in the battle of Aspern . In 1813 he was adjutant general to Prince Schwarzenberg . His extraordinary language skills, his winning character and his high intelligence earned him the trust of the allied monarchs. In 1814 he had to accompany Napoleon from Fontainebleau to Elba as the Austrian commissioner . On the journey through southern France, Napoleon was forced to disguise himself because of the threatening demeanor of the population, and he put on Koller's Austrian general uniform. Then Koller worked in other diplomatic missions and as a companion of the Tsar and the King of Prussia. In 1821 he was sent to Naples , where he spent the last five years of his life, where he made a great contribution to the continuation of the excavations in Pompeii .
literature
- Franz Freiherr von Koller (No. XLV (45)), In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 4th year, 1826 Volume 1, Voigt, Illmenau 1828, pp. 473–477, online at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon , p. 223.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Koller, Franz Freiherr . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 12th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, pp. 339–342 ( digitized version ).
- Rainer Egger : Koller Franz Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 88.
- AK: Koller, Franz Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 477 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jaromir Hirtenfeld : The Military Maria Theresa Order and its Members , Imperial Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1857, p. 1746.
- ↑ Egon Caesar Conte Corti : Fall and Resurrection of Pompeii and Herculaneum Bruckmann, Munich, first edition 1940, p. 245.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koller, Franz von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koller, Franz Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Münchengrätz |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 1826 |
| Place of death | Naples |