Friedrich Hannibal von Schmertzing

Baron Friedrich Hannibal von Schmertzing, Lucklum portrait collection

Baron Friedrich Hannibal von Schmertzing (born January 8, 1705 in Dresden , † February 24, 1762 in Vienna ) was an imperial and Prussian general .

Life

Friedrich Hannibal was a member of the Saxon noble family von Schmertzing . His parents were the heir on Ehrenberg, court master in Zeitz and Polish- Saxon chamberlain Hannibal Germanus von Schmertzing and Elisabeth Auguste von Ripperda adH Ellerburg . Chamberlain Hannibal August von Schmertzing was his brother and General Heinrich Karl Ludwig Herault de Hautcharmoy was his sister consort and thus brother-in-law. He himself remained unmarried as the German master.

In 1720 Schmertzing attended the knight academy in Brandenburg an der Havel , entered Bavarian service in 1725 and advanced to lieutenant . In 1731 Schmertzing changed to imperial service as captain of the Saxon-Gotha Dragoon Regiment. Here he rose to lieutenant colonel in the following year and in 1734 became the regiment's commander . He then took part in the War of the Polish Succession to the Polish throne in northern Italy , where he distinguished himself in the battle near Sommacampagna . On May 26, 1738 Schmertzing was promoted to colonel and regiment commander of the Cuirassier regiment, Prince Lubomirski . Also in 1738 he began his cordon service in the corps of Feldzeugmeister Count Neipperg and took part in the battle of Grocka on the occasion . Schmertzing attended the Battle of Chotusitz in the First Silesian War and then went to the Upper Rhine for military operations against France from 1742 to 1743 . He was promoted to Sergeant General on June 8, 1742 .

Since Schmertzing was on the one hand refused the promotion to field marshal lieutenant by the emperor , but on the other hand he was intensely courted by Friedrich II , especially through the mediation of his brother-in-law Hautcharmoy, he changed on December 1, 1743 as lieutenant general from the cavalry with a patent from October 27 In 1743 in Prussian service , but returned to imperial service on October 6, 1744.

First he was then under Feldmarschalleutnant Johann Leopold von Bärenklau leader of two regiments of cavalry and three battalions . In the second Silesian War he operated again against France and took an active part in the conquest of Vilshofen and the capture of the Ripalta Castle. On May 21, 1745 he became the owner of the imperial cuirassier regiment No. 7 , the later Kuk Dragoon Regiment "Friedrich Franz IV. Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin" No. 6 on (2) 8. On June 6th, 1746 he was promoted to field marshal lieutenant, distinguished himself again on June 16, 1746 in the battle near Piacenza and was last promoted to general of the cavalry on June 12, 1754 with a patent from December 10, 1748 .

After Schmertzing had already been released from active service from December 4, 1747 to June 29, 1757, he finally diminished on January 4, 1758.

literature

• Continued new genealogical-historical news. Leipzig 1762, pp. 155–157.
• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 1, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1937], DNB 367632764 , p. 259, no. 302.

Web links

• Friedrich Hannibal Freiherr von Schmertzing family tree in the Saxon State Archives  in the German Digital Library

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ Alternatively, January 4th and the year of birth 1693 are given (see FN: Leupold and Schmidt-Brentano).
2. ^ Karl Friedrich Benjamin Leupold: General Nobility Archive of the Austrian Monarchy , Volume 1, Vienna 1789, pp. 593–597
3. ↑ Andreas von Thürheim: The cavalry regiments of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Army , Volume 1, Die Cürassiere und Dragoons , Vienna 1862, p. 173
4. ↑ Alphons von Wrede: History of the KuK Dragoon Regiment Friedrich Franz IV. Grand Duke of Macklenburg-Schwerin , Edition 6, p. 178 paining cuirassiers .
5. ^ According to Priesdorff (Lit.): 8.6 .: after Schmidt-Brentano (FN 6): June 28th.
6. ^ Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Imperial and Imperial Generals (1618-1815). Published by the Austrian State Archives , War Archives Department, Vienna 2006, p. 90. ( Memento of the original dated August 3, 2017 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.