Friedrich Ahsbas from the lance

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Friedrich Ahsbas, Knight of the Lance (born September 23, 1810 in Prague , † January 5, 1879 in Steyr ) was an Austrian officer, most recently major general .

Life

Friedrich Ahsbas was a son of the Holstein horse dealer Jürgen Ahsbas , who had achieved great prosperity in the horse trade with Holsteiners in Bohemia and had acquired the Zdiby manor next to a palace in Prague , and his wife Anna, née. Przibislawsky.

On November 18, 1828, he entered the Austrian Infantry Regiment No. 11 as an ex propriis cadet . On August 1, 1830 he became the Emperor Lancers Regiment. 4 displaced and moved in the same August 1, 1831 Lieutenant , on December 1, 1834 to lieutenant , on March 16, 1840. Captain Second Class and at first September 1842 as Rittmeister first class and squadron commander.

Used in the First Italian War of Independence , he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown III in recognition of his bravery in the battle of Curtatone and Montanara on May 29, 1848 with the highest resolution of July 26, 1848. Class excellent. According to the statutes of this order, he was raised to the Austrian knighthood with the predicate of the lance with the very highest signed diploma of June 9, 1852 .

Promoted to major on July 30, 1848, Ahsbahs fought during the summer campaign of 1849 in the Hungarian War of Independence at the head of his division, in particular in the two battles at Komorn and in those at Szöreg (August 5) and Temesvár (August 9), for which he was awarded the Military Cross of Merit .

On January 8, 1851 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Uhlan regiment Karl Graf Wallmoden No. 5 , on January 16, 1853 to second colonel in the dragoon regiment Friedrich Graf Wallmoden No. 6 , the later kuk Bohemian dragoon regiment "Nikolaus Nikolajewitsch Grand Duke of Russia ”No. 12 , and on June 30, 1853, his appointment as the commander of this regiment.

Promoted to major general on April 24, 1859, Ahsbahs commanded a brigade during the 1859 Sardinian War campaign in Italy . After the preliminary peace of Villafranca Ahsbas October 8, 1859 was posted in disposability added. On June 1, 1863, he was taken into retirement at his request.

During the German War of 1866 he was reactivated on June 1 and was given command of an infantry local brigade. After the Peace of Prague (1866) , he returned to retirement on October 1, 1866.

He married in 1858 in Fajzat Mathilde, geb. Ebenberger, widowed Countess Almásy (1826–1906). The couple's only son, Georg (born August 10, 1861), died at the age of twelve on August 31, 1873. Therefore, Friedrich Ahsbas adopted his nephew Leo Ahsbas (born August 9, 1841), his son on December 2 Brother Ludwig, who died in 1859 as an Austrian major, from his marriage to Giovannina Bartoletti (1821–1874). Leo Ahsbas received the knighthood with a diploma from January 5, 1874 and confirmed with a diploma from July 31, 1875. He married Gabriele Scultety von Szopor on August 10, 1867.

Awards

literature

  • Gustav Amon von Treuenfest: History of the k. and k. Uhlanen Regiment Kaiser. Vienna 1901, p. 253f

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses 81 (1908), p. 18.
  2. ^ Emil Lange von Burgenkron: Genealogical pocket book of the knight and noble families. Volume 1, Brno 1870, p. 484.
  3. ↑ Genealogical pocket book of the knight and noble families. Volume 9, Brünn 1884, pp. 3-4.
personal data
SURNAME Ahsbas from the lance, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Asbahs, Friedrich (original name); Ahsbas, Friedrich von; Asbah's Knight of the Lance, Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian officer, most recently major general
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1879
Place of death Steyr