Friedrich August Joseph von Nauendorf

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Family coat of arms of those of Nauendorf; Friedrich August also had a count's crown on the coat of arms

Friedrich August Joseph Graf von Nauendorf (born August 3, 1749 in Geilsdorf , † December 30, 1801 in Troppau ) was an Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal who served in the Austrian army from 1763 to 1800 and participated in all wars of that time.

ancestry

Nauendorf comes from an old Thuringian noble family that has been documented since 1197. The ancestral seat of the knight family von Nauendorf is in Nauendorf . Friedrich August was born the son of Carl Georg Christian von Nauendorf, who was already a captain in imperial service.

Military career

Nauendorf joined the imperial army as early as 1763 with the hussar regiment "Graf Wurmser" , where he was already captain in 1778 and was then promoted to major. In the War of the Bavarian Succession , he distinguished himself through bold individual actions. In 1779 he received the Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order. In 1779 he was also elevated to the status of Austrian count. In 1784 he was appointed lieutenant colonel . In the Turkish War of 1788 he was involved in the conquest of Pančevo , for which he was promoted to colonel in 1789 and at the end of the year he was commander of Hussar Regiment No. 8 . This regiment was ordered to the Rhine front at the outbreak of the first coalition war . Nauendorf proved himself here in various operations and was promoted to major general in 1793 . When Mainz was liberated from the French siege in 1795, Nauendorf stood out in particular and received the Commander's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order. In 1796 Nauendorf initially fought under Wurmser on the Italian front against the French revolutionary troops, but was ordered by Archduke Karl to join his army in Franconia in July and participated in the battle of Amberg . Then he was seconded with a corps against the French army under Jean-Victor Moreau , who fought against the army of Maximilian Baillet von Latour in Swabia . In the battle of Schliengen Nauendorf commanded the left wing of the Austrian army and captured Sitzenkirch and Kandern without, however, achieving the decisive breakthrough that would have led to the enclosure of the French army. In 1797 Nauendorf was promoted to field marshal lieutenant and in 1799 regiment owner of Hussar Regiment No. 8. In the Second Coalition War , Nauendorf commanded the vanguard of the Archduke's troops on his march in front of Schaffhausen and Basel . For health reasons, Nauendorf asked for his release in 1800 because he had already been physically attacked due to the stress of the war. At the beginning of March 1800 he secured the routes from Schaffhausen to Säckingen with his corps in his last campaign and fought unhappily under Kray on May 3rd in the Battle of Engen , on May 5th near Meßkirch , on May 9th near Biberach and after the retreat across the Danube from 16 to 19 May in defensive positions in the Ulm area . On medical advice he felt compelled to leave the army service, he died after a short illness in Troppau. Since he had no offspring, the count's house in Nauendorf died out with him.

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SURNAME Nauendorf, Friedrich August Joseph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nauendorf, Friedrich August Joseph Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1749
PLACE OF BIRTH Geilsdorf
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1801
Place of death Troppau