Vincent Ferrerius of Bianchi

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Vincent Ferrerius of Bianchi

Vinzenz Ferrerius Friedrich Freiherr von Bianchi (born February 20, 1768 in Vienna , † August 21, 1855 in Sauerbrunn, today Rogaška Slatina ) was Duke of Casalanza and Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal .

Life

Bianchi's entry into Naples in 1815
Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order

Friedrich von Bianchi was trained at the engineering academy and took part in the Turkish campaign as an engineer officer as early as 1788 . During the siege of Novi he distinguished himself on September 21 and October 3, 1788 so that he was promoted to lieutenant . Just as bravely he took part in the storming of Berbir in 1790, where he was mentioned in the report of Feldzeugmeister Baron De Vins .

After he had distinguished himself in the campaigns from 1792 to 1797 , namely in the Netherlands and Italy , he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in March 1800 and in June became commander of the 48th Infantry Regiment "Baron Vukassovich". In 1804 he was promoted to colonel and was ordered with the regiment to Cattaro to suppress an uprising that had broken out there.

During the campaign in southern Germany in 1805 he acted as adjutant general to Archduke Ferdinand and was promoted to major general at the beginning of 1807 . In the war of 1809 he rendered excellent service to the Generalissimo Archduke Karl at the head of a brigade in the Battle of Aspern (May 21/22) and in the defense of the Bratislava bridgehead (June 3), for which he served on June 14 Maria Theresa Order received. Promoted to field marshal lieutenant in August 1809, after the peace he was given the post of general inspector in Hungary and in 1811 was appointed holder of the 63rd Infantry Regiment.

From June to December 1812 he made the Russian campaign in Volhynia under Field Marshal Schwarzenberg . In the Wars of Liberation in 1813 he distinguished himself as a division commander in the Battle of Dresden , the Battle of Kulm and the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig . In the year of the campaign in 1814, he led the right wing of the Austrian southern army in southern France .

Sent to Italy during the reign of the Hundred Days in 1815 against Murat , he defeated Murat decisively on May 1, 1815 at the Battle of Tolentino , completely dispersed the Neapolitan army and entered Naples on May 22 . Raised Duke of Casalanza by King Ferdinand IV of Naples , he was appointed to the Court War Council after the Second Peace of Paris . Retired in 1824, he was living on his Mogliano estate near Treviso when the Milanese Revolution of 1848 broke out.

Although he was completely neutral, he was brought to Treviso on the orders of the Provisional Government and was only released two months later by the arrival of the Austrians. He died on August 21, 1855 in Sauerbrunn near Rohitsch.

His son Friedrich von Bianchi was also a field marshal lieutenant in the Imperial Austrian Army .

reception

By the imperial resolution of Franz Joseph I of 28 February 1863 on the list of Vincent Ferrerius Bianchi "famous, to the everlasting emulation worthy warlords and generals of Austria" added to their honor and memory of a life-size statue in the general hall of at that time newly established kk Hofwaffenmuseums (today: Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien ) was built. The statue was created in 1867 by the sculptor Thomas Seidan (1830–1890) from Carrara marble and was dedicated by the descendants of the Bianchi family.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : The Army History Museum Vienna. The museum and its representative rooms . Kiesel Verlag, Salzburg 1981, ISBN 3-7023-0113-5 , p. 36
personal data
SURNAME Bianchi, Vincent Ferrerius of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bianchi, Friedrich Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian general, Duke of Casalanza
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1855
Place of death Rogaška Slatina (Rohitsch-Sauerbrunn)