Vincenz Maria von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky

Vincenz Maria Joseph von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (born May 11, 1750 in Czernikowitz , † December 7, 1824 in Vienna ) was an Austrian Feldzeugmeister during the coalition wars and Grand Prior of the Order of St. John .

Life

Vincenz Maria Graf von Kolowrat was born as a member of the Kolowrat house in 1750 in the Bohemian district of Königgrätz . He was the son of Count Franz Joseph von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky and Countess Maria Karolina von Waldstein. He was accepted into the Order of Malta at the age of five and sworn in as a real knight on January 6, 1756. In March 1776, he took his prescribed vow and thus lived celibacy .

Military career

On February 6, 1768, he joined the Imperial Austrian Infantry Regiment No. 19 and was promoted to captain on March 27, 1769 . After participating in the War of the Bavarian Succession in Infantry Regiment No. 7, he was promoted to major on June 2, 1782 . When the war against the Turks broke out , he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the 2nd Banal Regiment on April 1, 1788 . During the attack on Novi Sad on October 3, 1788, he was wounded in the left arm. On June 6, 1789, he was appointed Colonel and Commander of Infantry Regiment No. 59 for this act of arms . In the battle of Calafat on June 26th, 1790 he stood out in particular, so that on December 19th, 1790 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa .

In the coalition wars

At the beginning of the First Coalition War , he served from the spring of 1793 in the main army under Field Marshal Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg in the Austrian Netherlands. On October 22, 1793, his troops distinguished themselves at the Cysoing meeting. Since January 1, 1794 to major general (rank of December 22, 1793), he commanded a brigade of the division of the FML Baillet de Latour in the Battle of Fleurus in 1794 . In the campaign of 1796 he continued to distinguish himself under Archduke Karl. After the battle of Würzburg (September 2) with his division advancing to the Lahn , he victoriously pushed back the enemy on the left bank near Limburg . This brave act earned him the Commander's Cross of the Maria Theresa Order on August 18, 1801, which was followed by his promotion to Lieutenant Field Marshal on February 28, 1797 .

During the Second Coalition War , he commanded the reserve corps under Archduke Karl . His troops fought in 1799 in the battle of Ostrach (March 21, 1799) and Stockach (March 25, 1799). During the spring campaign of 1800 he fought with his grenadiers under Feldzeugmeister von Kray in the battles of Engen (May 3rd), Messkirch (May 5th) and at the second meeting of Biberach (May 9th). Under Archduke Johann he commanded a division that played a major role in the defeat in the Battle of Hohenlinden (December 3, 1800). After the Peace of Lunéville he was transferred on May 8, 1801 ownership of the 11th Infantry Regiment.

Commanding general in Hungary and Prague

In 1805 he was appointed commanding general in Transylvania and promoted to Feldzeugmeister on September 16, 1808. In the Wars of Liberation he was the commanding general of Hungary from 1810 to 1815. Until the beginning of 1823 he was the commanding general in Prague, then he became captain of the imperial satellite guard in Vienna, where he ended his life in December 1824 at the age of 75. At the end of his life, Kolowrat was also a secret advice, with his nephew, the Minister of State Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky , the male line of his line has expired.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky, Vincenz Maria Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 12th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, pp. 396–398 ( digitized version ).

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