Johann Baptist Coronini-Cronberg

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Imperial Count Johann Baptist Alexius Graf Coronini von Cronberg (born November 16, 1794 in Gorizia ; † July 26, 1880 at St Peter Castle near Gorizia) was the Imperial and Royal Chamberlain , Privy Councilor , Feldzeugmeister and owner of Infantry Regiment No. 6 as well as military and civil governor in Crown Land of the Voivodeship of Serbia and the Temesian Banat , then the Banus of Croatia .

Johann Baptist Coronini-Cronberg and his troops in front of the Meitani House in Bucharest

Life

Johann Graf von Coronini-Cronberg as FML around 1850

Coronini-Cronberg joined the Austrian Pioneer Corps as a cadet in 1813 , served in the Italian Freikorps under Colonel Schneider in 1814 , entered Modenese service in 1824 , then again into Austrian service. He was a captain in Italy for several years , until in 1836 he was assigned to Archduke Franz Karl as chamberlain and appointed tutor of his eldest son, the future Emperor Franz Joseph . The other son, Archduke Karl Ludwig , taught Count Karl von Morzin, in 1837 he became a major and in 1843 a colonel .

On June 26, 1848, he was appointed major general and brigade commander in South Tyrol , where he had to protect the passports leading to Italy , and with his rise in rank, on July 22, 1849, he was appointed field marshal lieutenant adlatus of the commanding general in Slavonia and Croatia . In 1850 he became military and civil governor in the voivodeship of Serbia and the Temesian Banat. On February 1, 1851, he became the first owner of the newly established Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment No. 6, " Charles I, King of Romania " and in the same year also chairman of the commission for the reform of military schools. In 1854 he commanded the observation corps that Austria had set up on the Turkish-Russian border during the Crimean War , and occupied Wallachia , which he did not vacate again until 1856. He was then from July 28, 1859 to June 19, 1860 Banus of Croatia.

After he was honored with the title of Feldzeugmeister ad honoes on June 19, 1860, the day of his resignation as a Ban, and on October 20 of that year Ludwig Ritter von Benedek had succeeded to the post of Commanding General in Hungary , he received the rank of a real Feldzeugmeister on September 1, 1861. At his request, he was allowed to retire on April 18, 1865.

He died 15 years later, very old, at his St. Peter Castle near Gorizia.

The place Coronini in Romania bears his name.

Awards (selection)

The count was decorated with the following decorations, among others:

family

His parents were Johann Baptist Clemens Alexius Anton, Count Coronini von Cronberg (born September 13, 1761 in Gorizia; † November 18, 1847 there), Imperial Chamberlain and Eleonora Aloysia Countess von Strassoldo (born November 19, 1764; † December 5, 1842 in Gorizia), who married on April 28, 1791. He himself was married to Marianna Countess Testa-Carcano-Marsciano (born July 28, 1797 in Orvieto , † August 16, 1855 in Gorizia). Their son was the politician Franz Coronini-Cronberg (1830-1901).

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Counts of Coronini-Cronberg

1687 : Squared shield with central shield. In the red central shield a closed golden royal crown hovering over a triple green hill. 1 and 4 in silver a double-tailed red lion leaping open towards the right side, which holds a burning torch in its front paws. 2 and 3 in gold the imperial black double-headed eagle. Two crowned helmets cover the shield. On the right is a triple green hill on which the crown of the central shield rests; from the left grows up the lion of the 1st and 4th field, which wears an open golden crown in the right paw. The covers of the right helmet are red and gold, those of the left are red and silver. According to some illustrations, two red double-tailed lions hold the shield. Under the shield is the motto: Regia serta notant solidos virtutis honores (royal honors (wreaths) mark true merits of virtue.), And the entire coat of arms is fluttered in an ermine cloak and covered with a royal crown or a princely hat.

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Baptist Coronini-Cronberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wiener Zeitung. of July 27, 1880, p. 2.
  2. ^ Anton Bettelheim: Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Volume 2, Verlag Georg Reimer, Berlin 1898, p. 445.
  3. ^ A b Coronini-Cronberg, Johann Baptist Gf. (1794-1880), Lieutenant Field Marshal. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 155.
  4. ^ A b Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk generals 1816-1918. Austrian State Archives, 1907, p. 29.
  5. ^ History of the K. and K. Infantry Regiments Karl I, King of Romania, No. 6. 1851–1907, Verlag des Regiment, 1908, p. 6.
  6. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: German count houses of the present: in heraldic, historical and genealogical relation. Volume 1: AK. Publisher TO Weigel, Leipzig 1852, p. 166.
personal data
SURNAME Coronini-Cronberg, Johann Baptist
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coronini-Cronberg, Johann Baptist Alexius Graf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Military and civil governor in the voivodeship of Serbia and the Temesian Banat (from 1850)
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Gorizia
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1880
Place of death Gorizia