Hermann Peter von Künigl

Hermann Peter Graf (von) Künigl , Freiherr zu Ehrenburg and on the Warth (born April 24, 1765 in Bezdekau (Bezděkov), Bohemia; † May 30, 1853 ) came from the Bohemian line of the Künigl von Ehrenburg. He was an artilleryman, a field marshal lieutenant and, most recently, an Austrian field weapon master . Count Künigl took part in 15 campaigns and 16 main battles and retired after 66 years of service.

Life

Hermann Peter was the youngest son of Sebastian Franz Graf Künigl (1720–1783) and Maria Theresia Countess von Czernin (1724–1800). Hermann joined the artillery of the imperial army at the age of 17, his first deployment in 1789 near Belgrade. In the 1794 battles for Quesnoy-sur-Deûle , he fought as a captain against the overwhelming French forces and was taken prisoner, but was then exchanged. In 1796 Hermann Peter distinguished himself at Uckerath, in 1800 he became a major in the 1st and in 1807 a lieutenant colonel in the 4th artillery regiment. In 1809 Künigl was chief of the artillery of the 4th Army Corps and became a colonel. During the Battle of Wagram , the horse he was sitting on was shot and in 1812 Hermann became Major General. At the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig he distinguished himself again and received the Russian Order of St. Anne, 1st class. After the war he was artillery director of the Mainz fortress and then, until 1821, field artillery director of the Imperial Army in France. Then Count Künigl was called to the main witness office in Vienna, in 1823 he became the second owner of the 1st Artillery Regiment. In 1826 he became a field marshal lieutenant, in 1834 he became a real. Privy Council and in 1838 he received the Commander's Cross of the Order of St. Stephen. Finally, in 1841, he was promoted to Feldzeugmeister and retired on July 1, 1848 after 66 years of service. Hermann Peter took part in 15 campaigns and 16 main battles and died unmarried at the age of 88.

Awards

• Russian Order of Saint Anne ( Order of St. Anne ) 1st class
• Commandeur Cross of the Order of St. Stephen

literature

• Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German Adels Lexicon , Volume 5, Leipzig 1864, pp. 318-320. Digitized
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Künigl Freiherr zu Ehrenburg and on the Warth, Hermann Peter Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, pp. 324–326 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Data on www.napoleon-series.org as K76