Karl Clam-Martinic
Count Karl Johann Nepomuk Gabriel Clam-Martinic ( May 23, 1792 in Prague - January 29, 1840 in Vienna ) was an Austrian statesman and field marshal lieutenant .
Life
Origin and family
Karl was a member of the older line of Count Clam-Martinic . His parents were Carl Joseph Perger (1760-1826) and Maria Anna Countess Borita von Martinitz (born 1769). A daughter may have emerged from an affair with Princess Dorothea of Courland (1793–1862). He married Selina Meade (1797–1872), daughter of Richard Meade, 2nd Earl of Clanwilliam (1766–1805) in 1821 . Several children emerged from the marriage, including the statesman Heinrich Jaroslaw Clam-Martinic (1826–1887).
Career
Clam-Martinic devoted initially studying law when he under the influence of the Napoleonic Wars to the officer's career umentschied, In 1809 he joined the Kinsky Freikorps . As a wing adjutant , he stood by Field Marshal Prince Schwarzenberg from 1812 . As a colonel , he was also the commander of the Cuirassier Regiment (No. 4) . He accompanied Napoleon to the island of Elba with Field Marshal Lieutenant Koller and was sent to the Congress of Vienna . After that he was entrusted with various diplomatic missions, especially (1824, 1826) to Russia . In 1830 he was promoted to major general and court war councilor. In the following year he was again in charge of embassies in Milan , Olomouc and Prussia , and finally in 1835 with the enthronement of Ferdinand I, he also became his adjutant general . A little later he became head of the military section in the State Council, a post that equaled the power of a war minister . He was promoted to field marshal lieutenant in 1837. He was also a real secret councilor and chamberlain and heir to Clam , Außenstein , Innernstein , Arbing , Smerzna and Schlan .
Fonts
- Lectures in the field of the art of war. A handbook for officers , Vienna 1823 ( digitized version )
literature
- Friedrich August Schmidt (Ed.): New Nekrolog der Deutschen , Volume 18, Part 1, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt , Weimar 1842, pp. 153-156
- Eduard von Wertheimer: Clam-Martinitz, Count Karl Jos. Nepomuk of . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, pp. 490-496.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Clam-Martinitz, Heinrich Jaroslav Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 2nd part. Publishing house of the typographic-literary-artistic establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1857, pp. 379–381 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Seventh report on the Francisco-Carolnium Museum. Linz 1843, online (PDF) in the OoeGeschichte.at forum (column “A. Older line”).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clam-Martinic, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clam-Martinic, Karl Johann Nepomuk Gabriel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian statesman and field marshal lieutenant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1840 |
| Place of death | Vienna |