Johann Baptist of Eptingen
Baron Johann Baptist Ferdinand Sebastian von Eptingen (born December 10, 1714 in Neu-Weiler in Alsace; † May 28, 1783 in Mergentheim ) was a Knight of the Teutonic Order, Commander of Rufach , Hitzkirch and Beuggen and governor of the Grand Master in Mergentheim. In his military career he served in Austria, Saxony, Poland and the Prince-Bishop of Augsburg before he took over the leadership of the newly established infantry regiment of the Bishop of Basel, which was in the service of France in 1758 .
family
Johann Baptist came from the Blochmont line of the Barons of Eptingen , who were first mentioned in 1189 in a presumably forged document. His father was Konrad Anton von Eptingen (born September 3, 1677; † May 6, 1757), his mother Johanna Katharina Jakobea von Ramschwag (born February 19, 1687 in Kipfenberg in the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt; † January 21, 1761). Johann Baptist had four siblings, of whom the eldest brother Franz Joseph Peter (* July 26, 1710, † April 11, 1786) took over the rule of Neu-Weiler from his father. His sister Rosa (born January 17, 1712; † December 22, 1793) was married to Franz Kasimir Armand Hamann Caesar Xaver Sigmund Peter von Reinach-Hirzbach (born January 31, 1710; † January 4, 1776) and had numerous children. The second oldest brother Karl Joseph Ludwig (* 1713; † 1794) was the last episcopal court marshal of Basel . His second sister Maria Anna Anastasia († 1796) was abbess of the aristocratic Schänis Abbey since 1763 .
Life
As a later son, Johann Baptist embarked on a military career. In 1735 he joined the Rose Cavalerie regiment and served in Austria, Saxony, the King of Poland and the Prince-Bishop of Augsburg. In 1741 he was accepted into the Alsace-Burgundy Ballei of the Teutonic Order . Ten years later he was entrusted with the office of Commander of Rufach, and from 1756 he headed the Hitzkirch Order of the Teutonic Order.
When the Bishop of Basel, Josef Wilhelm Rink von Baldenstein , set up his own infantry regiment in 1758 , he was appointed as its commander. The regiment was in the service of France. In 1761 the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Clemens August von Bayern , appointed him governor of the Order's government in Mergentheim. Johann Baptist von Eptingen proved himself in the service of France and was in 1762 by the French King Louis XV. promoted to brigadier des armées . From 1764 until his death in 1783 he was Commander of the German Order Coming Beuggen. Participated in the conquest of Corsica from 1768 to 1769, he was promoted to Maréchal de camp in 1770 .
Web links
- Marcel Clémence: Eptingen, from. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Damien Bregnard: Eptingen, Johann Baptist von. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eptingen, Johann Baptist von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eptingen, Johann Baptist Ferdinand Sebastian von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Knight of the Teutonic Order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1714 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New hamlet , Alsace |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1783 |
| Place of death | Mergentheim |