Charles of Amadei

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Karl Freiherr von Amadei , also Amadey , (* 1723 in Brussels , † January 27, 1796 in Milan ) was an imperial general.

Life

Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order

Karl von Amadei was born in Brussels in 1723 as the son of a captain . At the age of twelve he joined the imperial infantry regiment Margrave Ludwig Georg von Baden (from 1769 No. 23). His father was a captain there. He took part in the Russo-Austrian Turkish War from 1737 to 1739 , was an ensign at the Battle of Mollwitz as part of the War of the Austrian Succession, and later became a captain when Vilshofen was stormed. He had served as a major since 1752 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel the following year .

Coat of arms of the Barons of Amadey 1760

After the battle of Kolin, Amadei asked to be allowed to pursue the enemy. Although the opponents offered great resistance, they finally gave up and fled. Because he had led the Austrians so resolutely, he was promoted to colonel on July 5, 1757 . During the first attack on the fortress Schweidnitz , which took place on November 12, 1757, and it was captured in the second attack, he was in command of the Esterhazy infantry regiment. Because of the services he acquired there, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order on March 7, 1758 .

Amadei also had a share in the victory in the Hochkirch battle. He was promoted to general field sergeant major on October 7, 1758, and Emperor Franz I raised him, as a Knight of Theresa, to the hereditary Austrian baron status with "well-born" on March 22, 1760.

On October 1, 1761, on the orders of Feldzeugmeister Freiherr von Laudon, the baron led the four attack columns to storm Schweidnitz, which had meanwhile been lost to the Prussians, again, which was also successful.

On May 1, 1773 (with rank of July 19, 1765) he was finally promoted to Lieutenant Field Marshal and fortress commander of Milan. He had served in the military for nearly 62 years before his death.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jaromir Hirtenfeld : The Military Maria Theresa Order and its Members , Imperial Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1857, p. 1727.
  2. ↑ http://www.coresno.com/index.php/standeserhoehungen/177-reichsadel/3747-karton6
  3. ↑ http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/Austria/AustrianGenerals/c_AustrianGeneralsD.html#D48
  4. ^ Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Imperial and Imperial Generals (1618-1815), Austrian State Archives / A. Schmidt-Brentano 2006, p. 4
personal data
SURNAME Amadei, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amadey, Karl Freiherr von; Amadei, Karl Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Imperial Habsburg officer, lastly Lieutenant Field Marshal
DATE OF BIRTH 1723
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1796
Place of death Milan