Friedrich von Mondel
Friedrich Mondel , from 1869 Freiherr von Mondel , (born September 22, 1821 at Pichlarn Castle , † December 18, 1886 in Baden near Vienna ) was an Austrian general .
Life
Mondel was the son of the Imperial and Royal Captain Josef Mondel, who acquired Pichlarn Castle in 1814 through marriage and sold it to the Count's House of Sprinzenstein in 1822 . Friedrich Mondel came to Infantry Regiment No. 62 as a cadet on October 31, 1835 and was transferred as such to Infantry Regiment No. 33 on June 16, 1837. After further training in Graz , he was promoted to Lieutenant II. Class in Infantry Regiment No. 53 on October 1, 1839 and to Lieutenant I. Class in Dragoon Regiment No. 1 on March 18, 1843. On February 20, 1844, he was appointed First lieutenant in the 21st Infantry Regiment, on May 30th 1848 promotion to lieutenant captain and on March 30th 1849 to captain 1st class . He was seriously wounded during the campaign in Italy in 1848/1849 . Nevertheless, he stayed in the military.
Mondel was appointed Major in Infantry Regiment No. 43 on June 1, 1858, and on July 26, 1858, Wing Adjutant of Emperor Franz Joseph I , with the war of 1859 in Italy on the side of the Emperor. On July 13, 1859, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in Infantry Regiment No. 35, although he still remained a wing adjutant to the emperor. On December 27, 1859 he was used as the commander of the newly established infantry regiment "Count Crenneville" No. 75 and on August 15, 1860 was promoted to colonel . On May 5, 1866, he was appointed brigadier in the Northern Army. During this time he had major successes in his career, after which he was appointed major general and brigadier on November 9, 1867, and on October 31, 1872, commander of the 36th Infantry Division.
Mondel was November 1, 1873 Field Marshal Lieutenant transported and finally on April 8, 1874 Adjutant General of the emperor appointed . As a result, on July 5, 1874, he received the appointment of the kk real secret council . On December 11, 1878, he became the owner of Infantry Regiment No. 21 and, as the culmination of his career, was promoted to Feldzeugmeister on October 28, 1881 .
In June 1886 Mondel was already seriously ill. The Kaiser asked the personal physician Hermann Widerhofer to report on the health of his adjutant general. In 1887, 179 specimens were taken from his estate to decorate the imperial hunting lodge in Mürzsteg .
Honors (selection)
Mondel has received a variety of medals and awards including:
- 1869 Elevation to the baron class
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Grand Cross of the Austrian Imperial Leopold Order
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Large cordon of the Imperial Japanese Order of the Rising Sun
- Grand Cross of the Grand Ducal Tuscan Military Merit Order
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Grand Cross of the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle
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Grand Cross of the Royal Italian Order of St. Mauritius and Lazarus
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Grand Cross of the Royal Danish Order of Danebrog
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Grand Cross of the Royal Portuguese Military Order St. Benedict d'Aviz
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Grand Cross of the Royal Spanish Order of Charles III.
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Grand Cross of the Royal Saxon Order of Albrecht
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Grand Cross of the Royal Württemberg Crown Order -
Grand Cross of the Royal Swedish Order of the Sword
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Grand Cross of the Royal Belgian Leopold Order
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Grand Cross of the Royal Star Order of Romania
- Grand Cross of the Royal Serbian Order of Takowa
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Grand Cross of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous
- Grand Cross of the ducal Brunswick order of Henry the Lion
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Commander of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig
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Knight II class of the Austrian Imperial Order of the Iron Crown with war decoration - Knight of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
- Knight 1st class of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Anne with diamonds
- Owner of the Ottoman Order of Osmanié, 1st class
- Owner of the Persian Order of the Sun and Lions 1st class
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literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Mondel, Friedrich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 19th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1868, p. 31 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Karl Sommeregger: Mondel, Friedrich Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 468-470.
- Peter Broucek : Mondel, Friedrich Freiherr von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 358.
Web links
- Portrait of Baron Mondel on bildarchivaustria.at
- Works by and about Friedrich von Mondel in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ burgen-austria.com: Pichlarn (Pichlern) . Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ↑ Sternenkaiserin.com: Emperor Franz Joseph - His last way: Emperor Franz Joseph's letter to Empress Elisabeth of June 30, 1886. Retrieved on February 12, 2020.
- ↑ Ilsebill Barta: Das kaiserliche Jagdhaus Mürzsteg , Vienna 2018, p. 63.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mondel, Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mondel, Friedrich Freiherr von (full name); Mondel, Friedrich (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pichlarn Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1886 |
| Place of death | Baden near Vienna |