Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Christian Karl von Tabor

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Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Christian Karl von Tabor (born December 17, 1776 in Frankfurt am Main , † May 31, 1851 ) was a Belgian general .

Life

Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Christian Karl von Tabor came from an old noble family and was the son of August von Tabor, who, as a councilor of several princely courts, had received imperial city citizenship . At his baptism, the ruling Prince Friedrich Karl August von Waldeck-Pyrmont , Count Johann Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein , Baron von Schulz, the Hereditary Princess Christiane Henriette von Pfalz-Zweibrücken and the Duchess Karoline von Kurland, née. Princess von Waldeck , his godparents.

Prince Friedrich Karl August von Waldeck-Pyrmont appointed him ensign in the Waldeck Infantry Regiment at the age of 14 ; there he was promoted to lieutenant in 1799 . With the regiment he later joined the ranks of the Dutch army and took part in the campaigns in Flanders and Brabant from 1793 to 1795 .

In 1806 he entered French service and was adjutant of General Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau , two years later he arrived in 1808 as a captain in the general staff .

During the invasion of the English in 1809 , Fort Bath, located on the left bank of the Scheldt , had to be taken. At the head of a group of troops he swam through the Scheldt and was one of the first to climb the fortifications, which led to his rapid promotion to lieutenant colonel in 1809, and he was given a saber of honor . In the following years he followed the French army on their campaigns and was taken prisoner in Dresden in August 1813 . In 1815 he left the French service after being a colonel in the general staff of Marshal Emmanuel de Grouchy in the battle of Belle Alliance and having been promoted to officer in the Legion of Honor ; he returned to the Netherlands.

The Dutch government hired him as a major in infantry in the 4th Division. In 1830 he was a lieutenant colonel in the 3rd division, which partly provided the garrison of Mons when the revolution in the Belgian provinces broke out. He was the first staff officer to join the national movement and led the infantry regiment in Belgian service from Mons to Brussels , for which he received from the provisional government the supreme command of this regiment, the 3rd Line Infantry Regiment, as well as the rank of major general and the position of Military Governor of the Province of Antwerp . Due to his influence, General David Hendrik Chassé was prevented from defending the city to the utmost during the siege of Antwerp . From gratitude he received from the commonwealth of a sword whose blade was of that honor saber, the General Jean Rapp of Napoleon for the defense of Danzig was presented with. The city of Antwerp acquired this saber for a large sum of money from the general's widow.

In 1832 King Leopold I gave him the command of the Province of Luxembourg , a task that he carried out for eleven years, for which he received the Order of Leopold from the King.

In 1841 he was called to Brussels to join the Supreme Military Court and in 1842 he was retired as lieutenant general after 65 years of service and fifteen campaigns.

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SURNAME Tabor, Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Christian Karl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian general
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1851