Friedrich Karl von Fürstenwarther

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Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Fürstenwaerther, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , around 1830
Coat of arms of the Fürstenwarther-Kellenbach family branch. The Fürstenwarther family coat of arms is on the left, with a tower and a virgin

Friedrich Karl Ludwig Freiherr von Fürstenwarther (born July 17, 1769 in Meisenheim , Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken , † June 4, 1856 in Baden near Vienna , Austria ) was a baron and Austrian field marshal lieutenant who came from the Palatinate-Bavarian ruling house Wittelsbach .

origin

Duke Friedrich Ludwig von Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Landsberg (1619–1681), regent of the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, married after the death of his first wife Juliane Magdalena von Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1621–1672), the civil wife Maria Elisabeth Hepp (1635– 1722). Since this was a wife who was not of equal status, the children from this connection should not be dynastically entitled to inheritance and were given the rank and name of Freiherr von Fürstenwarther, Burgsassen zu Odenbach .

biography

Friedrich Karl von Fürstenwarther was the great-grandson of the ruling Duke Friedrich Ludwig and his civil wife Maria Elisabeth Hepp. He was born in Meisenheim, the son of Baron Ernst Ferdinand Ludwig von Fürstenwarther (1737–1821) and his Monsheim- born wife Elisabeth Charlotte von La Roche-Starkenfels (1734–1800), sister of the Hesse-Kassel district president Friedrich Georg Philipp Freiherr von La Roche-Starkenfels (1729-1802). In the birthplace of Meisenheim, the family owned the still existing Fürstenwarther Hof as an aristocratic residence, the Odenbach Castle , which they also owned, was in ruins and only served as a title.

At the age of 8, the boy came to the Karlsschule in Stuttgart , which he left in 1783. In the following year he received a lieutenant position from Prince Ludwig von Nassau-Saarbrücken in his French foreign regiment named after him. In 1785 he advanced to lieutenant in the prince's mounted guard and then joined the guards of Prince Karl Christian von Nassau-Weilburg .

In 1789, Friedrich Karl von Fürstenwarther joined the Austrian Army as an officer , where he was first lieutenant in 1790 and captain and adjutant to General Joseph Johann von Ferraris in 1792 . In this position he distinguished himself in the First Coalition War , especially in the Battle of Famars (July 26, 1793) and in the siege and capture of Valenciennes . In Italy, Fürstenwärts fought as commander of a troop unit at Monte Baldo (January 13, 1797) and the next day at Rivoli , where he was wounded. After his recovery, General Feldzeugmeister Ludwig von Terzi (1730–1800) appointed him his adjutant and in 1799 he was promoted to major .

Baron von Fürstenwarther came to the headquarters of the Army General Command in Vicenza in November 1800, where he proved himself as a general staff officer. In May 1806 he became a lieutenant colonel in the 8th Infantry Regiment " Archduke Ludwig ". During the campaign of 1809, due to illness of the commander, he commanded the regiment in the battle of Aspern (May 21 and 22). Here the officer was shot in the body with two horses and during the third storm on Essling he suffered a dangerous wound in his chest and lungs, which is why he had to be carried out of the battle. He was promoted to colonel while still on the battlefield . In 1812 Freiherr von Fürstenwarther was in Poland with his regiment, later in Bohemia, participated in the Battle of Dresden and the Battle of Kulm in 1813 and then advanced to major general (September 2, 1813). After his deployment in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig , Fürstenwarther marched with his brigade through Switzerland to France, where he arrived on January 4, 1814. On March 11, 1814, he was involved in the defense of Mâcon and played a key role in the day's victorious success. After the First Peace of Paris , Friedrich Karl von Fürstenwarther was transferred to St. Pölten , in the summer campaign of 1815 as military governor to Lyon , and later to Italy.

In 1825 he became the owner of the kuk Infantry Regiment No. 56, on November 27, 1827 he was promoted to field marshal lieutenant and division commander, first in Milan , then in Verona . In 1836 the prince became the fortress commander in Mantua . In 1839 he was accepted as an honorary member of the Arcièren Life Guard, where he became Lieutenant Guard in 1840 and Captain of the Guard in 1841; In 1847 he was appointed privy councilor . Baron von Fürstenwarther also held the dignity of imperial chamberlain , remained in active military service until his death and died in 1856, at the age of 87.

The Fürstenwarther Defilier March of his Infantry Regiment No. 56, which is dedicated to him and composed by his Kapellmeister Joseph Hikl (1825–1910), is named after Friedrich Karl von Fürstenwarther .

Awards

Baron von Fürstenwarther was the owner of the Grand Cross of the Papal Order of Gregory , as well as Commander of the Order of Constantine of Parma .

Family relationships

Friedrich Karl von Fürstenwarther married Antonie Tapp von Tappenburg (1774–1817) in 1799 and they had nine children, five of them boys who were Austrian officers or civil servants. The only daughter who reached adulthood, Karoline Maria Theresia von Fürstenwarther, married the later Major General or Field Marshal Lieutenant Paul von Haen (1785–1874), also a bearer of the Order of Constantine, in 1834. The entire family professed the Catholic religion.

The twin brother Leopold von Fürstenwarther (1769–1839) served as a Bavarian officer in Munich and was a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown . Both brothers would have looked so similar even at an advanced age that one could hardly tell them apart.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "La Roche noble lord von Starkenfels, Friedrich Georg Philipp Freiherr von". Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Mother's brother.
  2. ↑ Website on the Fürstenwarther Hof in Meisenheim
  3. ↑ Hans Günter Klein: Live in the moment, live in eternity: the presentations of the symposium on the occasion of Viktor Ullmann's 100th birthday in Berlin on October 31/1. November 1998 , Volume 16 of Displaced Music: Composers persecuted by the Nazis and their works , Pfau-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3897270994 , page 13; Excerpt from the source
  4. ^ Biographical website on Joseph Hikl
  5. ^ Court and State Manual of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy , Vienna 1847, page 124
  6. ^ Genealogical page with a list of children
  7. ^ To Paul von Haen: Hof- und Staats-Schematismus des Österreichischen Kaiserthumes , Vienna, 1834, page 624
  8. ^ Government Gazette for the Kingdom of Bavaria , Munich, July 1, 1839, column 420 of the year
  9. ^ Friedrich August Schmidt: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 17th volume (1839), first part, Weimar 1841, page 433, (footnote); Scan from the source
personal data
SURNAME Fürstenwarther, Friedrich Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baron von Fürstenwarther, Friedrich Karl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian field marshal lieutenant, of Palatinate origin
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Meisenheim
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1856
Place of death Baden near Vienna