Friedrich Moritz von Nostitz-Rieneck
Friedrich Moritz von Nostitz-Rieneck (born October 4, 1728 , † November 19, 1796 in Vienna ) was an imperial field marshal , chamberlain , privy councilor and president of the court war council .
Life
Friedrich Moritz Reichsgraf von Nostitz-Rieneck came from the Bohemian branch of the old, originally Upper Lusatian noble family von Nostitz .
He served in the Conte Luquesi cuirassier regiment until 1759 and was promoted to colonel and adjutant general to Field Marshal Leopold Joseph von Daun in the same year . In 1763 he was posted to Hungary . Three years later he became major general and in 1767 the owner of a cuirassier regiment. In 1773 Nostitz-Rieneck was promoted to Lieutenant Field Marshal . When the War of the Bavarian Succession broke out , he joined the army in Bohemia. In 1785 he became general of the cavalry and commander of the satellite body guard and the Hofburg guard .
In 1791, Emperor Leopold II set up a commission to examine the existing military system, chaired by Crown Prince Archduke Franz . After he took office in 1792, Nostitz-Rieneck became president of this commission. The work during this time is stored in the so-called Notz files, a collection of his reports and minutes, in the kk cabinet archive.
On May 12, 1796, Friedrich Moritz von Nostitz-Rieneck was appointed Field Marshal (according to other sources on May 15, 1796) and President of the Court War Council, an office he was only able to exercise for a few months. He died on November 19, 1796, at the age of 68, in Vienna. In 1790 he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece for his services .
coat of arms
1651: Squared shield with crowned red heart shield, in it three gold bars (Grafschaft Rieneck). In the first field in blue on a golden crescent moon, two outwardly curved horns with red and silver shafts with the tips pointing downwards. In the second field in silver a black eagle's wing covered with a gold bar. On the division of the shield lies an anchor, which is blue in the third silver field, but gold in the fourth, blue field. A count's crown covers the shield, on which are three crowned helmets. On the right with black and silver covers the eagle's wing covered with the beam, on the middle with black and silver covers on the right, red and silver covers on the left a silver swan (Rieneck) ready to fly, on the left with red and silver covers two of silver and red nested buffalo horns, in between three ostrich feathers blue, gold and blue.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Nostitz-Rieneck, Friedrich Moriz Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 20th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1869, p. 398 f. ( Digitized version ).
- The Hofkriegsraths-Presidents and War Ministers of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Army Publishing house of the military-scientific association, Vienna 1874.
Web links
- Friedrich Moritz von Nostitz-Rieneck in the German biography
- Entry about Nostitz-Rieneck, Moritz Graf in the digital portrait index
- Entry about Friedrich Moritz von Nostitz-Rieneck in www.napoleon-series.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Leonard Dorst von Schatzberg: Schlesisches Wappenbuch or the arms of the nobility in the Sovereign Duchy of Silesia etc. Volume 1, Verlag G. Heinze & Co., Görlitz 1847, p. 27
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Johann Count of Wallis |
President of the Court War Council 1796 |
Ferdinand Count Tige |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nostitz-Rieneck, Friedrich Moritz von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nostitz-Rieneck, Friedrich Moritz Reichsgraf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Field Marshal and President of the Court War Council |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1728 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1796 |
| Place of death | Vienna |