Joseph Maria of Lorraine-Vaudémont
Joseph Maria Ludwig Prince of Lorraine-Vaudémont (born June 23, 1759 , † March 29, 1812 in Szeged ) was an emigrated French nobleman and field master of the Imperial Austrian army during the coalition wars .
Life
origin
Joseph Maria came from the House of Guise , a sideline of the French line of the Duchy of Lorraine. He was the younger son of Count Louis Charles de Lorraine-Brionne (1725-1761) and Louise de Rohan-Rochefort (1734-1815). Together with his older brother Karl Eugen von Lorraine-Lambesc (1751–1825) he emigrated in 1791 before the French Revolution and entered the service of the Austrian army directly, unlike most of the relatives of the French king who ran the independently operating French émigré Corps preferred.
Military career
In the First Coalition War he was deployed in the Austrian Netherlands under Field Marshal Bender . In 1793 he became major general in the Upper Rhine Army under Wurmser . In 1796 he commanded a cavalry brigade under Count Latour and fought in the battles of Malsch , Neresheim, Würzburg and Schliengen . In 1797 he was promoted to field marshal lieutenant.
In the Second Coalition War of 1799 he participated in the main Austrian army in Swabia under Archduke Karl and commanded a cuirassier division in the first battle of Stockach and an infantry division in the first battle of Zurich . In the 1800 campaign he was the commander of the Austrian corps which was defeated by the French corps under Claude-Jacques Lecourbe on May 3, 1800 in the second battle near Stockach , and he was unsuccessful with the units subordinate to him in the subsequent battle at Meßkirch . In the Third War of the Coalition of 1805 he again commanded a cavalry division in the army of Archduke Charles at the Battle of Caldiero .
In 1808 he was appointed Feldzeugmeister and retired.
Marriage and offspring
Joseph Maria married on December 30, 1778 Louise Auguste Elisabeth Marie Colette de Montmorency-Logny (1763-1832), daughter of Louis Ernest Gabriel, Count of Logny, who was friends with Talleyrand . He had no offspring and with the death of his brother, Karl Eugen Prince of Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc (1825), the House of Lorraine-Guise died out.
Web links
- Entry on geneanet
- Imperial and kk generals
- Entry on Napoleon online
- Entry on Napoleon Series s. there under L54
Individual references / comments
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lorraine-Vaudémont, Joseph Maria von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lorraine-Vaudémont, Prince Joseph Maria Ludwig von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Feldzeugmeister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1759 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1812 |
| Place of death | Szeged |