Friedrich Hannibal von Thurn and Taxis

Friedrich Hannibal Prince of Thurn and Taxis

Friedrich Hannibal Prince of Thurn and Taxis (born September 3, 1799 in Prague , † January 17, 1857 in Venice ) was an Imperial Austrian general of the cavalry .

Life

origin

Son of Prince Maximilian Joseph von Thurn und Taxis (1769–1831) and Princess Maria Eleonore von Lobkowitz (1770–1834).

Military career

Friedrich Hannibal was educated privately, in June 1809 he received a patent as a prime lieutenant in the Saxon regiment Garde du Corps . In October 1814 he joined the Imperial and Royal Army as a first lieutenant and in March 1815 took part in the sporadic campaign of the Austrian corps to Paris. In 1817 he accompanied Archduchess Leopoldine to Brazil and then returned to Europe. In 1821 he was promoted to Rittmeister in the Imperial Cavalry and in 1829 to Major. In 1830 he acted briefly as adjutant to the governor of Mainz , Ferdinand von Württemberg . In 1831 he commanded a cholera cordon on the Danube, where he fell seriously ill. With his promotion to colonel in 1833 the command of a regiment was connected. Already enrolled as a farmer in Tyrol in 1838 , he also received the Hungarian indigenous class in 1842 . Promoted to major general in 1840 , he took over a cavalry brigade in Proßnitz . In 1842 he was given the command of an infantry brigade in Prague. After his appointment as Lieutenant Field Marshal , he was given command of the Reserve Division in the II Army Corps in the Italian War of Independence in January 1848 .

In the campaign of 1848 he took part - like his brother Major General Wilhelm von Thurn and Taxis (1801–1848) - in the Association of the II Corps under FML Konstantin d'Aspre . His troops were deployed under Field Marshal Radetzky on July 26th and 27th in the Battle of Volta and the entry into Milan . In the March campaign of 1849 he took part in the battle of Novara and then came to Prague with his division. He traveled to Sweden in 1850 and became military commander in Linz in October 1851 . In 1851 the Kaiser appointed him the owner of Infantry Regiment No. 50. In autumn 1853 he acted as a military observer during the maneuvers of the Prussian Guard Corps in Berlin. Immediately after his return he was appointed captain of the satellite bodyguard in the Hofburg . On April 20, 1854, he was finally promoted to general of the cavalry, in June he took up his service as chief steward of the Empress Elisabeth , whom he accompanied on her trip to Venice in 1856. Prince Friedrich Hannibal died of nerve fever on January 17, 1857 and was buried in the Santa Lucia cemetery near Vicenza at the side of his brother Wilhelm.

Marriage and offspring

Friedrich Hannibal married Maria Antonia Aurora (born June 13, 1806 in Ofen , † September 18, 1881 in Bad Ischl ), Countess Batthyány von Német-Ujvár , in 1831.The couple had 7 children, including:

• Lamoral Friedrich (1832–1903), field marshal lieutenant and division general
• Friedrich Arthur (1839–1906), Titular Major General

literature

• Josef Rübsam:  Taxis (Thurn and Taxis), Friedrich Hannibal Prince of . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 492.