Friedrich Karl Wilhelm von Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen

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Friedrich Karl Wilhelm von Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (born February 26, 1752 in Ingelfingen , † June 16, 1815 in Kaschau ) was an imperial field marshal lieutenant , knight of the Maria Theresa Order and Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen .

His parents were the Count and Reich Field Marshal Heinrich August von Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1715–1796) and his wife Countess Wilhelmine Eleanore zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen (1717–1794). His brothers Friedrich Ludwig (1764-1818) and Georg Friedrich Heinrich (1757-1803) were Prussian generals.

Life

He went into military service early and at the age of 19 was first lieutenant in the Anspach cuirassier regiment, which was later disbanded. He then came to the Coburg Dragoons as Rittmeister . On November 9, 1781 he became a major in the Waldeck Dragoons. He was born on May 1, 1784 Lieutenant Colonel and on February 11, 1790 , Colonel . He fought in Croatia during the Russo-Austrian Turkish War and was able to excel in the battles of Dubicza , Berbir and Belgrade . With the beginning of the First Coalition War against revolutionary France, he joined the Rhine Army. He fought in 1793 near Landau (August 12), Bienwald (September 12) and in the Brompter Forest (October 26). In November and December the unit was in Alsace and then fought in the battle of Kaiserslautern . There he attacked an enemy battalion with Dragoon Regiment No. 2 (Schmettau). He was able to blow it up and two cannons were captured. On October 9th he fights near Oggersheim. He was promoted to major general on October 11, 1794 . As such, he fought on December 17, 1795 near Bacherach , where he and his brigade took up a position on the Kantnerberg that had already been taken by the enemy and pushed it back with great loss. During the Battle of Stockach he and Field Marshal Lieutenant Johann Sigismund Riesch achieved victory through a surprise attack on the enemy cavalry.

On November 3, 1799, he attacked Philippsburg to relieve him . General Ney had advanced into the Enz Valley with the left wing of the French Army on the Rhine. Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen was positioned at the confluence of the Enz and Neckar rivers , from there it crossed the Enz and attacked the French vanguard under General Lorcet near Löchgau . He fought them back and also the main corps under Ney that had rushed up to reinforce them. The units were able to occupy the French positions on the Enz, the French had to withdraw immediately to Sinsheim with losses . Ney and Lorcet were wounded in the battle. The right wing of the French Rhine Army had to leave its fortified position a few days later and the siege was lifted. For this success Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen received the Knight's Cross of the Maria Theresa Order on November 21, 1799 and on May 6, 1800 he was promoted to field marshal lieutenant.

He was then transferred to Galicia as a division general . In 1801 he became the first owner of the 2nd Dragoon Regiment (later King Ludwig von Bayern-Dragoon ). He kept this regiment until 1814, when the regiment was named King Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria, after which he became its second owner.

He retired on December 26, 1809 and died unmarried on June 16, 1815 in Kaschau.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The campaigns of 1799 in Italy and Switzerland , Volume 2, p. 275, digital copy of the Siege of Philippsburg
personal data
SURNAME Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Friedrich Karl Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Imperial Field Marshal Lieutenant, Knight of the Maria Theresa Order, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH Ingelfingen
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1815
Place of death Košice