Franz Ludwig of Bigot de Saint-Quentin

Franz Ludwig de St. Quentin

Franz Ludwig Graf von Bigot de Saint-Quentin , also François-Louis Graf von Bigot de Saint-Quentin (born November 25, 1774 in Maursmünster , Alsace , † September 15, 1854 in Mauer near Vienna ) was an officer first French, then Austrian ( Lieutenant Field Marshal ) and second owner of the Dragoon Regiment Archduke Franz Joseph No. 3 from the Bigot de Saint-Quentin family .

Coat of arms of the Counts Bigot de St. Quentin 1846

Freiin Elisabeth von Ysselbach

biography

The young French royal cadet emigrated in 1791, first entered the papal service for six years , then on March 1, 1797 as a first lieutenant in Austrian military service and was taken over in Austria with the French count's title, first with the Prince Johann Hussars, then with the mounted hunters and in 1799 with the Hussar Regiment "Arthur Duke of Connaught and Strathearn" No. 4 . As a result, the staunch royalist distinguished himself during the coalition wars in the battles of Ostrach , Stockach , Neckarshausen and Philippsburg and became captain in 1801 .

During the Napoleonic Wars between 1805 and 1809 he fought as a major in the battles of Ulm , Regensburg , Aspern and the Battle of Wagram , in Hussar Regiment No. 6, Blankenstein . In 1812 he served in this regiment in Russia , taking part in the battles at Signiewiczi, Pruszany, Kobrin, Liuboml and Stara-Wizwa. He particularly distinguished himself with his four squadrons at the battle of Sielo-Velykoye. In 1813 and 1814 he fought in Germany, including in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig . For his military work he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Anne , and he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

The Lieutenant Colonel of Count O'Reilly Chevauxlegers Regiment No. 3 became Colonel and Commander of the Galician Dragoon Regiment, No. 3 of Cavalry General Vincent Baron Knesevich of St. Helena on February 24, 1823 .

The Count was promoted to Major General and Brigadier in Stuhlweissenburg (Székesfehérvár) on March 25, 1831 (rank of April 11th of that year) , then on August 13, 1838 to field marshal lieutenant and division general in Sibiu (1840) and was promoted (1843 ) 2. Owner of the Dragoon Regiment Archduke Franz Joseph No. 3, the regiment in which he had already served as a colonel. Eventually he retired on April 1, 1844. In 1846 he received the Transylvanian Indigenous Society.

He was also a Knight of the Royal French Military Order of Saint Louis .

family

Margarethe Countess of Bigot de St. Quentin

Franz Ludwig married Elise Freiin von Ysselbach in Mauer near Vienna (born November 3, 1779 in Neuburg an der Donau , † January 17, 1853 in Mauer near Vienna). From this marriage there were three children:

1. August (born March 20, 1804 in Radom , † December 18, 1848 in Csucsa (Ciucea) in Klausenburg (Cluj) County in Transylvania ), fell during the Hungarian revolt as a major in the battle near Csucsa. He was married to Henriette Isabella Freiin von Podstatzki-Prussinowitz and Thonsern (born July 11, 1816 in Brno, † March 30, 1903 in Brandeis on the Elbe (Brandýs nad Labem) ); her son was the future general of the cavalry Anatol Count Bigot de Saint-Quentin
2. Karl August Leopold (1805-1884) was Austrian general of the cavalry governor and commanding general in the Banat as well as a writer.
3. Margarethe (born January 12, 1807 in Neuburg an der Donau ; † April 18, 1881 in Vienna ) married to the Imperial and Royal Ministerialrat and Vice President of the Supreme Audit Office Karl Freiherr Ransonnet von Villez (1802-1892), was the mother of Eugen Freiherr von Ransonnet -Villez , an Austrian painter and diplomat.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Bigot von St. Quentin, Franz Ludwig Graf von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University printing house L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 394 ( digitized version ).
• Jaromir Hirtenfeld : "Austrian Military Calendar", Volume VII, Verlag der Buchhandlung für Militaryliteratur Karl Prohaska, Vienna 1857
• Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk generals 1816–1918, Austrian State Archives, 1907
• Deutsches Adelsarchiv, Deutscher Adelsrechtsausschuss: “ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels ”, Volume 53, Verlag Ostsee, CA Starke., 1972, p. 398
• Erich Prokopowitsch: The nobility in the Bukowina, Südostdeutscher Verlag, Munich, 1983
• Genealogical manual of the nobility, G Volume 15, series 112, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1997
• Friedrich Count Bigot de St. Quentin: "The history of the Le Bigot de St.-Quentin family"
• Heinrich Marenzi: “My family - an attempt to preserve history and memories”, 413 pages

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.antiquesatoz.com/habsburg/1812/cavalry.htm
2. ↑ Jaromir Hirtenfeld: "Österreichischer Militärkalender", Volume VII, Verlag der Buchhandlung für Militärliteratur Karl Prohaska, Vienna 1857, p. 212
3. ↑ ^{a b} Erich Prokopowitsch: The nobility in the Bukowina, Südostdeutscher Verlag, Munich, 1983, p. 134
4. ↑ Military Schematism of the Austrian Empire, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1827, p. 53
5. ↑ Franz Dedekind: History of the kk Kaiser Franz Joseph I. Dragoon Regiment No. 3. Self-published by the author 1879, page 423.
6. ↑ Military Schematism of the Austrian Empire, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1837, p. 46
7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ J. Siebmacher's large book of arms: "Der Adel von Siebenbürgen", Volume 34, Verlag Bauer & Raspe, 1984, page 96
9. ↑ Court and State Schematism of the Austrian Empire, kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1837, p. 315
10. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, G Volume 15, Series 112, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1997