Georg Christoph von Taupadel

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General Georg Christoph von Taupadel (copper engraving after Merian)
General Georg Christoph von Taupadel (copperplate engraving by Raphael Custos )

Georg Christoph von Taupadel (* around 1600 in Fichtenberg ; † March 12, 1647 in Blotzheim ) was a German general in initially Swedish and later French services.

Life

His parents were Heinrich von Taupadel auf Fichtenberg near Wurzen and his wife Johanna von Ende from the Munzig family.

As early as 1625 he found himself among the troops of Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar in the army of King Christian IV of Denmark . When the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf intervened in the war, he switched to the Swedish army. There he became a colonel and enjoyed special attention from the king.

He conquered Leutkirch in 1632 , was captured near Neumarkt, burned Freystadt and defended Coburg against Wallenstein . He was in command of Erfurt and Cham. He lost his right arm in the battle of the Alte Veste near Fürth . He was in command of Schorndorf and Speyer , also under Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar in the battle of Rheinfelden , where he captured Johann von Werth, and he was also involved in combat operations in Stuttgart, Tübingen, Wittenweier , Bedbur, Überlingen and Tuttlingen. After Bernhard's death, to the displeasure of the Swedes, he joined the French army. He was in command of the troops in Alsace and Breisgau. Together with Erlach , he was able to drive the Spaniards out of Constance. At the end of 1640 he was back with the Swedes and fought with Banér on the Danube.

Taupadel, also called "Raupatl" by Bavarian subjects, played a decisive role in the conquest of the imperial city of Regensburg in November 1632 in the battles for Regensburg in the army of Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar. In the months that followed, he tried to close some places in the Upper Palatinate occupy and burned Kötzting together with the inhabitants on November 29, 1633 .

On July 4, 1645, the troops d'Enghiens , Marsins and Gramonts with 4,000 men had united under Taupadel, who had joined the troops of Turennes, Königsmarcks and Geysos , in the area around Neckarhausen and Ladenburg .

During the battle of Tuttlingen he was wounded in Rottweil, where after the defeat Major General Reinhold von Rosen , who had escaped to Rottweil, took him with them, they also took the body of Jean Baptiste Budes de Guébriants and his body regiment and turned through the Black Forest against Freiburg. In 1645 he moved to Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne and was involved in the battle of Herbsthausen . He probably also took part in the battle of Alerheim and is mentioned in June 1646 when Höxter was stormed .

He died on March 12, 1647 at his country estate at Schloss Blotzheim .

family

He had a son: Johann Georg von Taupadel , who was slain by his own servants in 1668. With that the line went out.

literature

Web links

  • Bernd Warlich: Taupadel, Georg Christoph von. In: The Thirty Years' War in personal testimonies, chronicles and reports. Online publication May 21, 2011, accessed June 11, 2017.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Warlich: Taupadel, Georg Christoph von. In: The Thirty Years' War in personal testimonies, chronicles and reports
  2. ↑ Bernd Warlich: Taupadel, Georg Christoph von. In: The Thirty Years' War in personal testimonies, chronicles and reports
  3. ↑ Bernd Warlich: Taupadel, Georg Christoph von. In: The Thirty Years' War in personal testimonies, chronicles and reports
personal data
SURNAME Taupadel, Georg Christoph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taubadel, Georg Christoph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general in Swedish service
DATE OF BIRTH around 1600
PLACE OF BIRTH Fichtenberg
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1647
Place of death Blotzheim