Johann Baptist von Verger

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Johann Baptist von Verger (born November 26, 1762 in Delsberg , † March 10, 1851 in Munich ), von Pruntrut was a Bavarian military and diplomat.

Life

Johann Baptist von Verger was the son of the Prince-Bishop's governor in Delsberg. He married Maria Anna v. Noel-Angenstein from Pruntrut (1787–1866) and adopted Ferdinand von Verger .

In 1780 he joined the French armed forces as a cadet , where he experienced the first phase of the French Revolution . From 1792 to 1799 he was in the military service of the Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken , Maximilian I. Joseph . In 1793 he suggested to Sigismund von Roggenbach the formation of a prince-bishop's corps for the “liberation” of the duchy of Basel .

From June 11, 1799 Maximilian I Joseph took him over into the Bavarian Army after he had inherited the Electorate of Bavaria from Karl Theodor . From August 30, 1803 to June 1807, von Verger was Churbayrian Minister-Resident in Switzerland. In March 1807, he complained in that capacity when compatriot that from Chur Bayern proven Redemptorists in Chur Luziuskirche asylum is granted and as everywhere sowed discord there. In 1806 he became a colonel in the general staff of the royal Bavarian army.

From July 1, 1807 to December 1, 1812, von Verger was envoy extraordinary and ministerial plénipotentiaire in Stuttgart . From December 1, 1812, he was the first general of the Gendarmerie Corps Command, which was created with an edict of October 11, 1812. With the Treaty of Ried on October 8, 1813, Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria transferred to the camp of Napoleon Bonaparte's opponents .

On October 24, 1813, at the beginning of the Wars of Liberation , Johann Baptist von Verger was commissioned to represent the interests of Maximilian I Joseph with his new allies in Rötha . According to his instructions he should press for the return of the Bavarian soldiers during the Russian campaign in 1812 and during the retreat in Thorn and Danzig in captivity had fallen. After negotiations with the representative of Alexander I at the Allied headquarters, Verger reported on November 18, 1813 Alexander I's intention to repatriate all Bavarian prisoners of war immediately. The prisoners of war were to be transported to Warsaw , where a Bavarian commissioner would receive them and forward them home. In November 1813 the tsar gave the ukase that all Bavarians scattered in the localities were to be gathered in the respective governorate towns and provided with winter clothing and passports.

Von Verger was quiesziert as lieutenant general . In 1823 he was elected to the Grand Council of the Bernese Jura administrative district.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ According to the Historical Lexicon of Switzerland on November 7th .
  2. ^ Josef Inauen: Focus on Switzerland: the southern German states of Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria and the Confederation 1815–1840. P. 34 and P. 331
  3. ↑ Edict of November 11, 1812  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Edict concerning the establishment of a gendarmerie.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.gda.bayern.de  
  4. ↑ Ed .: Hermann Beyer-Thoma, Bavaria and Eastern Europe: from the history of relations between Bavaria and Franconia. P. 235.
  5. ↑ according to HLS 1816
predecessor Office successor
Electoral Bavarian Minister-Resident in Bern from
August 30, 1803 to June 1807 		Johann Franz Anton von Olry
Royal Bavarian envoy in Stuttgart
July 1, 1807 to December 1, 1812 		Willibald von Rechberg and Rothenlöwen
Franz Gabriel von Bray Royal Bavarian envoy in Rötha
October 24, 1813 to 1814 		Franz Gabriel von Bray
personal data
SURNAME Verger, Johann Baptist von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Verger, Johann Baptist de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian military and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH Delémont
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1851
Place of death Munich