Joseph of Cavallar

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coat of arms of the Barons of Cavallar

Joseph Freiherr von Cavallar (* 1739 near Weißenfels , Duchy of Krain ; † April 22, 1812 in Waschkowitz , Duchy of Bukowina ) was an old Austrian major general and a field marshal lieutenant . The family is said to have descended from an old noble family from Brescia and came to Weißenfels in Carniola at the end of the 16th century.

biography

Josef Cavallar began his military service in 1758 in Archduke Josef's dragoon regiment, completed an officer training at the Theresian Military Academy , fought in the Seven Years War , joined the German Arcierengarde in 1769 and returned to his regiment as a first lieutenant.

In 1774 he started buying horses for the court war council a . a. in Galicia , which came under Habsburg rule, and in Bukovina . In the following years he extended these shopping trips to the Russian area to Don Cossacks and Caucasus Tartars.

In 1781 he was appointed Oberstwachtmeister and commander of the Assentkommission and in 1791 he was appointed colonel and commander of the stud at Waschkowitz in Bukovina , about 30 kilometers from Wiznitz .

Emperor Franz II raised him as sovereign on July 26, 1799 to the status of Austrian baron . In 1808 he was awarded the Small Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen by the Emperor for his services .

Joseph von Cavallar is considered to be the founder of the Old Austrian Warmblood Stud in Radautz , Bukowina , and was also decisively involved in the development and breeding history of the " Shagya Arabs " and " Thoroughbred Arabs " studs .

family

He was married to Ludmilla Countess a Ponte Leone. This marriage had two children who died early. Joseph von Cavallar is the uncle of Ferdinand I. Cavallar von Grabensprung and great-great-uncle of Ferdinand Cavallar von Grabensprung and Wilhelm Cavallar von Grabensprung .

literature

  • "Cavallar von Grabensprung" in Alfred Anthony von Siegenfeld: Genealogical pocket book of the noble houses of Austria , Vienna 1905, p. 136f limited preview

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ University of Michigan: The Theresian Military Academy in Wiener-Neustad: and its pupils from the establishment of the institution to our days . Vienna: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1894 ( archive.org [accessed on February 15, 2019]).
  2. ↑ a b Harvard University: Yearbook of the Bukowiner Landes-Museum . ( archive.org [accessed February 14, 2018]).
  3. ^ A Biographical Dictionary of all Austrian Generals during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Retrieved June 28, 2017 .
  4. ^ John-Paul Himka, Alberta Historic Sites Service: Galicia and Bukovina: A Research Handbook about Western Ukraine: Late 19th and 20th Centuries . Alberta Culture & Multiculturalism, Historical Resources Division, 1990 ( google.at [accessed June 28, 2017]).
  5. ↑ Münchner Zeitung: 1785 . Vötter, 1785 ( google.at [accessed June 28, 2017]).
  6. ↑ The nobility of Bukovina . In: archive.is . December 9, 2012 ( archive.today [accessed February 14, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Article "Old Austrian Warmblood". In: Archepedia. September 23, 2010, accessed February 14, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Cavallar, Joseph of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cavallar, Joseph Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian officer
DATE OF BIRTH 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH Valromana (Weißenfels), Carniola
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1812
Place of death Waschkowitz , Bukowina