Johann Raab von Haxthausen

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Johann Raab von Haxthausen (born January 1659 in Roßdorf near Darmstadt ; † November 21, 1733 in Mainz ) was a baron , general of the Palatinate and field marshal lieutenant of the imperial army .

origin

He came from the old Westphalian noble family von Haxthausen and was the son of Hermann Raab von Haxthausen and his wife Agnes Maria von Kamptz , daughter of Hans Joachim von Kamptz and Anna Maria Bibiana von Rodenstein , heirloom and last name bearer of this family. The father acted 1669–1671 as Electoral Palatinate bailiff in Gau-Odernheim , grandfather Raab Arndt von Haxthausen as Electoral Palatinate councilor and bailiff of Mosbach .

Life

Johann Raab von Haxthausen embarked on a military career and initially became a Bavarian artillery officer. As such, he fought in Piedmont during the War of the Palatinate Succession . Due to an avocatorium issued by the emperor, he returned to his homeland as a colonel. He entered the service of the Principality of Münster . The Elector of the Palatinate, Johann Wilhelm, recruited the officer and commissioned him to set up a troop from the Electorate of the Palatinate . This association was formed on September 15, 1695 as a battalion , was raised to the Haxthausen regiment in 1696 and dissolved in 1704. In 1703 Haxthausen fought with his regiment in the War of the Spanish Succession . According to a certificate from the Mecklenburg Land estates dated January 23, 1715, due to inheritance claims, Johann Raab von Haxthausen had the following titles at this time: Field Marshal Lieutenant of the Imperial Army, Elector Palatine Lieutenant General of the Infantry and Major General of the Artillery, Military Governor of Amberg and all of the Upper Palatinate garrisons Chamberlain , Knight Council of the Upper Rhine Knighthood .

From 1715 to 1733 he held the office of governor of the Jülich Fortress, later he also became General Feldzeugmeister .

Haxthausen died in Mainz in 1733 and was buried in front of the high altar of the Catholic parish church St. Johannes Evangelist zu Großwinternheim . His tombstone has been preserved there outside. A modern plaque indicates that the general was a benefactor of this church.

The baron inherited the Haxthäuser Hof near Ingelheim am Rhein , the former Hausen monastery, through his mother .

Family and offspring

Epitaph of the daughter, Weinheim , Parish Church of St. Laurentius

Johann Raab von Haxthausen was in his first marriage (March 19, 1687) married to Margaretha Concordia geb. from Syrgenstein . They had three children who reached adulthood. The son Joseph Clemens Maria (* around 1695; † before 1732), captain of the Electorate of the Palatinate, married Anna Margaretha Sidonia geb. Baroness von Bettendorf, he left no descendants. The daughter Maria Theresia Josepha von Haxthausen (* October 15, 1692; † June 30, 1731) married the Elector Palatinate Colonel-Court Marshal Franz Pleickard Ulner von Dieburg († 1748) on June 12, 1713 . Her husband had a touching epitaph with a portrait medallion erected for her in the St. Laurentius Church in Weinheim . A granddaughter from this connection, Elisabeth Auguste Ulner von Dieburg (1751–1816), married Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg , Minister and Director of the National Theater in Mannheim . Another daughter of Johann Raab, Maria Anna Barbara, died before 1724.

In 1724 the widowed General von Haxthausen was married to Maria Franziska von Bongart (1682–1768), b. Baroness von Bongart zu Pfaffendorf. She was the widow of Johann Werner von Baexen zu Veynau and later married Count Johann Joseph Wilhelm von Efferen in her third marriage .

literature

  • Johann Gottfried Biedermann: Gender register of the imperial-free immediate knight creates land to Francken Löblichen Ort Ottenwald , Kulmbach, 1751, plate CCXCV; (Digital scan)
  • Karl von Reitzenstein: Brief outlines of the life of the Bavarian generals and colonels under Elector Max Emanuel , in: Representations from the Bavarian war and army history , Bayerisches Kriegsarchiv , issue 13, pp. 1–59

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Saalwächter, Franz Weyell: The royal palace in Ingelheim am Rhein and their mills , Volume 14 of: Contributions to Ingelheim history , Historischer Verein Ingelheim, 1963, p. 45; (Detail scan)
  2. ↑ Leopold Winkler: The Bavarian Army's Share in the Campaigns in Piedmont, 1691 to 1696 , 1886, p. 29; (Detail scan)
  3. ^ Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein , year 1911, p. 135; (Detail scan)
  4. ^ Friedrich Münich: History of the development of the Bavarian army for two centuries , Munich, 1864, p. 517; (Digital scan)
  5. ↑ Alfonz Danzer: Spanish Successions War: Campaign 1703. According to the field acts and other authentic sources , Vienna, 1878, pp. 53, 387 u. 660; (Detail scan)
  6. ^ The von Kamptz family , Schwerin, 1871, p. 125; (Digital scan)
  7. ^ Historical website on Jülich
  8. ^ Joseph Strange: Genealogy of the Lords and Barons von Bongart , Cologne, 1866, p. 61; (Digital scan) ; H. Neumann: The Citadel Jülich. A walk through history. Jülich 1971, p. 111
  9. ↑ Website for the Haxthäuser Hof
  10. ^ Archives in the Worms city archive; Website for the finding aid Stadtarchiv Worms ; Johann Gottfried Biedermann: Gender register of the imperial-free immediate knighthood of Francken Löblichen Ort Ottenwald , Kulmbach, 1751, plate CCLIII; (Digital scan)
personal data
SURNAME Haxthausen, Johann Raab from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electoral Palatinate General, Imperial Field Marshal-Lieutenant
DATE OF BIRTH January 1659
PLACE OF BIRTH Rossdorf b. Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1733
Place of death Mainz