Georg August zu Ysenburg and Büdingen

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Georg August zu Ysenburg and Büdingen in Philippseich (born November 5, 1741 in Schloss Philippseich , Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt , † November 21, 1822 in Nuremberg ) was a royal Bavarian general and imperial count .

Life

Ysenburg was born on November 5, 1741, the son of Wilhelm Moritz II, Imperial Count of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Philippseich , and his wife Luise, née Countess zu Stolberg-Gedern, at Philippseich Castle. On April 17, 1748 he was appointed ensign in the Dutch "Baden-Badenschen" regiment on foot, from which he changed on April 23, 1759 as an ensign to the Palatinate "Electress Leib-Dragoons" regiment. He then took part in the attack at Himmelskron (May 11, 1759), the Battle of Lützen (May 20, 1759), the Schleitz attack (March 17, 1761) and other meetings during the Seven Years' War .

On November 14th, 1761 already to the captain of the staff in his regiment, then on December 30th, 1767 promoted to major in the Palatinate infantry regiment "General Rodenhausen", Ysenburg received the electoral order of May 21st, 1775, in the commission for drafting new regulations for the infantry, cavalry and artillery to cooperate. On July 1, 1779, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on April 22, 1783 to colonel in the infantry regiment "General Joseph Freiherr von Hohenhausen". After a brief assignment as court war counselor and head of the personnel department in Mannheim , he was appointed commander of the 3rd Grenadier Regiment on November 3, 1789 . From February 28, 1790 to March 13, 1791 he led an execution squad to Oberkirchen in the Rhine Valley against rebels of the Cardinal Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg . After promotion to major general (June 12, 1791), he was transferred to the headquarters of King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia on March 28, 1793 , to represent the interests of the Palatinate and his subjects. Here he took part as an observer in the campaign against France in 1793 and the siege of Mainz .

On February 28, 1794 , Ysenburg was appointed commander of the Imperial Palatinate-Bavarian contingent of the Imperial Army and led it in the campaigns against France from 1794 to 1796. He distinguished himself particularly in the battles at Gundelfingen (August 7, 1796), Medlingen (August 8, 1796) and Geisenfeld (September 1, 1796). After the costly Battle of Biberach (October 2, 1796), he returned to Munich. On October 24, 1796, he received the Military Medal for his achievements .

Promoted to lieutenant general on June 10, 1797 , he was given the provincial command of the Bavarian army in the Palatinate, which he held until 1802. On March 31, 1799, after the dissolution of his old 3rd Grenadier Regiment, he became the owner of the 12th Fusilier Regiment "Belderbusch" and on June 16, 1801 the owner of the newly established Palatinate Infantry Regiment, from which together with the prince-bishop of Bamberg infantry Battalion on March 21, 1803, a new infantry regiment was formed, which was named "Graf Ysenburg" by army order of March 27, 1804. On June 2, 1802, Ysenburg occupied the city in the course of the military takeover of the Duchy of Würzburg and took command of the troops there. On September 27, 1805 he was appointed governor in Würzburg and at the Marienberg fortress . After the loss of Würzburg in 1806, he was ordered to take command of the troops in Franconia from Bamberg .

With army orders of March 1, 1806, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Military Max Joseph Order .

During the campaign against Prussia in 1806/07 he accepted the surrender of the Plassenburg Fortress near Kulmbach on November 26th, 1806 and took the Prussian occupation prisoner. In 1808 he took over command of the 3rd Division , after which he was transferred to Nuremberg with the General Command on September 24, 1808 . In the 1809 campaign he was tasked with forming the reserve for the field army.

On January 1, 1811, Ysenburg was retired for reasons of age. He died on November 21, 1822 in Nuremberg.

His son Wilhelm Christoph Graf von Ysenburg (1782–1860) was a Bavarian major general and also received the Max Joseph Order.

Honors

See also

literature

  • Schrettinger (order archivist): The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order and its members , Munich 1882.
personal data
SURNAME Ysenburg and Büdingen, Georg August too
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ysenburg, Georg August Reichsgraf zu; Ysenburg and Büdingen in Philippseich, Georg August Reichsgraf zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION royal Bavarian general
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1741
PLACE OF BIRTH Philippseich Palace , former Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1822
Place of death Nuremberg , Bavaria