Friedrich von Treuberg

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Friedrich Treuberg, since 1814 Knight of Treuberg, since 1824 Baron von Treuberg (born January 3, 1775 in Michelstadt , † December 30, 1831 in Würzburg ) was a Bavarian lieutenant general.

Life

In 1790 Treuberg joined the 9th Dutch Infantry Regiment as an ensign . In 1793 he was seriously wounded during the siege of Maubeuge . He took part in Dutch service in 1794/95 in the First Coalition War against France and was promoted to lieutenant in the 2nd Dutch half-brigade. At the end of 1796 he acquired a position as first lieutenant in the 3rd Bavarian Grenadier Regiment and was promoted to captain in 1798. In the Second Coalition War he took part in the 1799/1800 campaigns against France. In 1805 he became a major in the 9th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment . Since the Kingdom of Bavaria had joined the Rhine Confederation , von Treuberg was now involved on the French side in the wars of 1805, 1807 and 1809 against Austria and Prussia. In 1809 he became a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander. He took part in the Russian campaign in 1812 with the rank of colonel and made a contribution to the repatriation of the Bavarian troops. After Bavaria had changed fronts with the Treaty of Ried (October 8th), Treuberg took up the 1813 campaign against the French as commander of the 9th Infantry Regiment.

The fifth Allied Army Corps under General Graf von Wrede , to which Treuberg's regiment belonged, reached the Basel area before Christmas and besieged the fortresses of Hüningen and Belfort. He also sent departments to occupy the smaller fortified places in Upper Alsace. On December 26, 1813, Treuberg and the 1st Battalion of the 9th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment, reinforced by small detachments of cavalry and artillery, took the Landskron fortress , which he had besieged since December 23. On January 10, 1814, after the commanding General Deroy was wounded, Treuberg took command of the Bavarian troops advancing on Sainte-Marguerite and Saint-Dié-des-Vosges , and took these places.

On April 1, 1815, von Treuberg was appointed major general and brigadier. During the 1815 campaign he commanded the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division . In May 1829 he was appointed lieutenant general and commander of the 2nd Army Division and a year later that of the 4th Army Division .

Honors

In February 1814 von Treuberg received the Russian Order of St. George . On June 22, 1814 he was made a knight of the Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order , with which the personal nobility is connected, and on July 16, 1814 he was awarded the Prussian order Pour le Mérite . On June 15, 1824 he was raised to the hereditary baron status of the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the fortress of Germersheim , the northernmost Vorwerk on the right bank of the Rhine was named after him.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Xaver Graf von Deroy (1778–1829); see Baptist Schrettinger: The royal Bavarian military Max-Joseph-Order and its members , Munich 1882, pp. 145–151 digitized
personal data
SURNAME Treuberg, Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Michelstadt
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1831
Place of death Wurzburg