Georg von Thurn and Valsassina

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Georg Thurn-Valsassina as Lieutenant Field Marshal, lithograph by Alexander Kaiser, 1845

Count Georg Anton Franz von Thurn and Valsassina (born January 3, 1788 in Prague , † February 9, 1866 in Vienna ) was an Imperial Austrian field warrior .

Life

Georg von Thurn was born as the son of Major General Count Franz Joseph von Thurn und Valsassina , who died in 1790 before Giurgewo . In 1808 he joined the Klagenfurt Landwehr Battalion and was promoted to lieutenant . In the campaign of 1809 he served as a captain and then left army service. In 1813 he again joined the 4th Jäger Battalion as a first lieutenant and was assigned to the newly organized Jäger Corps under FML Fenner von Fenneberg . In 1814 he was in Italy and received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold .

In the 1815 campaign he was on the staff of the Neipperg Corps . At the head of the avant-garde, he victoriously penetrated Pesaro on April 29 , for this act of arms he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa . In 1816 he was promoted to major in Infantry Regiment No. 26 and detached as legation secretary of the Imperial and Royal Legation to Petersburg . In 1818 he acted as the imperial chargé d'affaires at the court of the tsars, and in 1820 as ambassador extraordinary to the court of Württemberg. In 1825 he returned to military service as a staff officer with the Quartermaster General . In the summer of 1828 he was the director of the topographical department in Hungary. In October 1829 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel , in 1830 he was commander of the 49th Infantry Regiment and on February 29, 1836 promoted to major general. In 1837 he was brigadier in Tyrol, in 1838 in Graz , on February 21, 1845 he was appointed field marshal lieutenant, in 1845 he was made a division general in Pest. In 1846 he was briefly deputy owner of the 34th Infantry Regiment. In the following year, 1847, he was again transferred to Graz and used again as a division general.

Count Georg Thurn-Valsassina, lithograph after Josef Kriehuber , 1850

In the war year 1848 he took over a division of the 2nd Reserve Corps formed in Inner Austria under Feldzeugmeister Count Nugent and concentrated his troops on the Isonzo . FZM Nugent advanced into Udine and crossed the Tagliamento with the aim of uniting with the main army of Field Marshal Count Radetzky . However, Nugent fell ill on May 17th and then handed over his command to FML Graf Thurn. On May 18th, the march to Verona began , all available troops were now given the designation kk III. Army Corps. On May 22nd, the first union with the main army took place at Villanuova and San Bonifacio . Thurm then had to march back against Vicenza , where the papal corps under General Durando continued to threaten the lines of retreat. His planned coup failed, on May 25 he returned to Verona and took over a division of the I. Reserve Corps under FML von Wocher . On July 29, 1848, Count Thurn took over the newly formed IV Corps, with which he participated in the pursuit of the Sardinians across the Adige at the beginning of August . He published his participation in this campaign in 1850 in his " Contributions to the History of the Campaign in Italy in 1848 ".

In the campaign of 1849 he was able to lead his corps northwards across the Agogna in good time and in the afternoon took decisive action with his division under FML Culoz in the battle of Novara . This act of arms earned him the Commander's Cross of the Maria Theresa Order. After Radetzky's withdrawal from Piedmont, Thurn's Corps was the last major unit to remain in Alessandria . He then took command of the II Reserve Corps during the siege of Venice . On May 16, 1849, he arrived at Haynau's headquarters in Papadopoli to take over the command there.

In peacetime he took over the VIII. Corps and was appointed military commander in Inner Austria in 1850 and Feldzeugmeister in 1851. In 1855 he became President of the Senate in the Supreme Military Justice Institute and retired on June 16, 1860. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Leopold Order in recognition of his services. Count Thurn died in Vienna in 1866, his remains were transferred to the family crypt in Bleiburg in Carinthia for burial .

Count Thurn had married Countess Emilie Chorinsky von Ledske (January 14, 1811– August 14, 1888) on May 28, 1833, and had several children:

  • Georg Friedrich (March 29, 1834– June 2, 1879)
  • Anna (September 19, 1837– September 12, 1864)
  • Joseph Rudolf (September 7, 1839– August 31, 1901)

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personal data
SURNAME Thurn and Valsassina, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thurn von Valle-Ssina, Georg Anton Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION old Austrian military master
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1866
Place of death Vienna