Jean-Pierre de Beaulieu
Jean-Pierre Freiherr de Beaulieu (born October 26, 1725 in Lathuy , Brabant , † December 22, 1819 in Linz , Austria ) was an Austrian military officer .
Life
Jean-Pierre de Beaulieu joined the Austrian army in 1743 and gained his position as adjutant general to Field Marshal Daun during the Seven Years' War in the battles near Kolin , Breslau , Leuthen , Hochkirch and the like. a. the rank of lieutenant colonel in the general staff and the title of baron .
During the long truce that followed, Beaulieu made art studies at his castle in Belgium and was commissioned to beautify the imperial pleasure palaces. In 1768 he was employed as a colonel in the military government of the Netherlands in Mechelen .
After the outbreak of the Brabant Revolution , he commanded an Austrian corps and contributed much to the rapid suppression of the uprising, which earned him promotion to major general on May 31, 1790 (with rank of March 14, 1789). The French Revolutionary War increased his fame as a general and he was promoted to Lieutenant Field Marshal on October 19, 1790 .
On April 29, 1792 by the General Biron near Mons attacked (Quaregnon) with 12,000 men, he suggested the following day the enemy at Quiévrain , it pursued to the gates of Valenciennes and defended under the Duke Albert of Saxony-Teschen , the Dutch border against the incursions of the French. In the Battle of Jemappes (November 6, 1792) he led the left wing and covered the retreat.
He also rendered valuable services in the following campaigns from 1793–95. In 1795 Beaulieu was Quartermaster General of the Rhine Army under Clerfait , became Feldzeugmeister on March 4, 1796 and Commander-in-Chief of the Army in Italy on March 17 . At the Battle of Montenotte , he expanded his line too much to cover Genoa and was therefore defeated by Bonaparte . After the Battle of Lodi (May 10, 1796) he threw half his army into Mantua and withdrew across the Mincio . After the Battle of Borghetto (May 30th) he was recalled and replaced by General Wurmser . Beaulieu retired from military service and lived as a privateer on his estate near Linz, where he died on December 22, 1819.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Beaulieu, Johann Peter Freiherr von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 199 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Edler von Janko : Beaulieu, Johann Peter Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 191 f.
- Beaulieu de Marconnay Jean Pierre Baron. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 60.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Imperial and Imperial Generals (1618-1815), Austrian State Archives / A. Schmidt-Brentano 2006, p. 9
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beaulieu, Jean-Pierre de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johann Paul Freiherr Beaulieu von Marconnay; Jean-Pierre Freiherr Beaulieu de Marconnay (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lathuy , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1819 |
| Place of death | Linz , Austria |