Johann Karl von Rebentisch

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Baron Johann Karl von Rebentisch (* 1710 ; † August 20, 1765 in Lisbon ) was a royal Prussian major general and chief of infantry regiment No. 11 . After joining the Portuguese army , he became lieutenant general there.

Life

He came from an old Moravian family. His father was an imperial court chamber councilor and chamber director in Transylvania .

Rebentisch was an Austrian major in the Broune regiment when he met the Prussian General Winterfeld in Karlsbad in 1747 . He was dissatisfied because Major Siskowitz was promoted before him. Then he left the army and switched to the Prussian military. On September 1, 1747, he became lieutenant colonel and adjutant to King Friedrich II. In September 1751, the king appointed Rebentisch colonel in infantry regiment No. 42 (Kalsow) . He went to the Seven Years' War with the regiment . In the battle of Prague in May 1756 he was wounded and was sent to the garrison in Schweidnitz . When the fortress was captured by General Nadasdy on November 12, 1756 , he was taken prisoner. He was exchanged and made major general in May 1757. In 1758 Rebentisch was at the siege of Olomouc and commanded the trenches on July 4, 1758, when he was able to fend off a major Austrian failure. In October 1758 he took over the Infantry Regiment No. 11 (Below) .

During the battle of Kunersdorf on August 12, 1759, he was with Prince Heinrich's corps . On September 21, he was already able to distinguish himself in the battle near Meissen. On October 7th he took over the Bülow corps near Eilenburg . On October 15 he drove General Buccow from heights near Schildau . Then he met with General von Wunsch's corps at Kemberg . On October 29th there was fighting with the corps under General Arenberg . But on November 21, 1759 he and the Fink Corps were taken prisoner near Maxen , in which he remained until the end of the war.

After his release, a court-martial was held over Lieutenant General Fink and all other captured generals. Rebentisch was sentenced to one year in prison and released. He was especially accused of having negotiated with the Austrian commander-in-chief Daun .

After his imprisonment was over, he went to Vienna. There he met the Portuguese envoy Ambrosio Freyre d'Andrade e Castro (* 1700 - 14 November 1770), who was able to recruit him for the Portuguese army. The envoy was married to Marie Anna Elisabeth von Schaffgotsch (* October 9, 1738, † November 27, 1787) a distant relative.

On February 7, 1765, he arrived in Lisbon and was introduced to the king . He was supposed to advance the army with Prussian discipline. He must have made many enemies and died on August 20, 1765 in Lisbon, allegations of poison.

He was considered a good engineer and was a great art lover.

family

During his time in Silesia he met Maria Anna Hedwig von Schaffgotsch (* February 21, 1719; † July 19, 1765). She was the daughter of Johann Anton von Schaffgotsch (born April 19, 1675; † March 19, 1742), the senior official of Silesia and his second wife Anna Theresia Kolowrat-Krakowsky-Novohradsky (born September 9, 1690; † August 29, 1759 ). The couple married on September 18, 1740, but had no children.

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  1. also: September 5, 1701 in Timisoara ; or 1714 in Vienna , see: Priesdorff (Lit.).
  2. A number of German officers came, e.g. B .:
  3. Marie Anna Elisabeth von Schaffgotsch comes from a different line than Rebentisch's wife. But Maria's brother, a Franz de Paula Gotthard (* 1711; † 1738) was married to Maria Barbara von Schaffgotsch (* 1721; † 1789), the sister of Marie Anna Elisabeth.