Franz Xaver von Hertling

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Franz Xaver von Hertling; Lithography by Andreas Gatterer (1810–1868)

Baron Franz Xaver von Hertling (born June 28, 1780 in Ladenburg , † September 13, 1844 in Munich ) was a Bavarian lieutenant general and minister of war .

Life

family

He came from the Palatinate noble family von Hertling and was the son of the Electorate Councilor Jakob Anton von Hertling (1740–1793) and his wife Maria Anna Antonia von Weiler.

The father's brother Johann Friedrich Stephan von Hertling (1729–1806) was the great-grandfather of the later German Chancellor and Bavarian Prime Minister Georg von Hertling (1843–1919).

In 1816 he married Maria Anna Freiin von Kalkhoff, daughter of Anton Moritz von Kalkhoff, real councilor and secret Reich trainee at the Reichshof Chancellery in Vienna.

Military career

Hertling received his training in the cadet corps , joined the Palatinate-Bavarian army and became a second lieutenant in 1798 . In the campaigns of 1800/15 he was promoted to first lieutenant and rose to colonel . At times, Hertling acted as adjutant to General Bernhard Erasmus von Deroy (1743–1812). In 1814 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Max Joseph Order for bravery in the Battle of Bar-sur-Aube on February 27, 1814 .

Hertling was the first commander of the Infantry Leib Regiment from 1814 to 1824 , was promoted to major general and brigade commander in 1824, and in 1836 to lieutenant general and commander of the 4th Infantry Division in Würzburg. From December 12, 1836, Hertling led the affairs of the Minister of War, and in 1837/38 he officially held this office. He also held the dignity of a Bavarian chamberlain .

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical website on parents
  2. ↑ Aschaffenburg yearbook for history, regional studies and art of the Lower Maing area. Volume 22, p. 94. Pattloch Verlag, 2002. Excerpt from the source, with data on the father
  3. ↑ Biographical website of Georg von Hertling's grandfather with information about his father and grandfather: “Hertling, Philipp Freiherr von”. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  4. ^ Journal of Bavarian State History. Volume 34, issues 1–2, p. 264, 1971. Excerpt from the source
  5. ↑ Baptist Schrettinger: The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order and its members. Munich 1882. p. 394.
  6. ↑ Oskar Illing: The Royal Bavarian Infantry Body Regiment. 1814-1914. Munich 1914. p. 8. Extract from the source
  7. ↑ Klaus Schwabe (ed.): The governments of the German medium and small states. 1815–1933 (= German leadership classes in modern times. Volume 14 = Büdinger research on social history. Volume 18). Boldt, Boppard am Rhein 1983, ISBN 3-7646-1830-2 , p. 248 ( excerpt from the source ).
personal data
SURNAME Hertling, Franz Xaver von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian Lieutenant General and Minister of War
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Ladenburg
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1844
Place of death Munich