Wenzel cousin von Lilienberg

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Wenzel Alois Count Vetter von Lilienberg

Wenzel Alois Vetter von Lilienberg , count of Lilienberg since 1813 (born March 16, 1770 in Czaslau , † February 6, 1840 in Zara ), was an Imperial and Royal Feldzeugmeister .

Life

Origin and family

Wenzel comes from an originally Dutch family, Vetter van der Lilien , who settled in Bohemia . The equalization with the cousins ​​of the lily to be found in older literature is currently rejected as untenable, since there is no valid evidence or valid evidence.

In 1800 he married Therese, née Countess von Daun (* 1787). The marriage resulted in two children:

Career

Vetter, although intended for community service by his parents, began his career in 1790 as a cadet in the Alvintzy's regiment . In the same year he was promoted to ensign and took part in the campaign against the Turks . Already in the First Coalition War he was able to excel, which is why he was promoted to lieutenant in 1790 before the time . He was wounded in the Battle of Loano in 1795 and was promoted to first lieutenant and adjutant to the chief of the general staff in 1796 . After further probation in Italy he became lieutenant captain in 1797 . In the War of the Second Coalition , he met with the siege of Tortona with Field Marshal Suvorov together in person. He also took part in the siege of Genoa and, after having advanced to major in 1800 , was honored on May 5, 1802 with the Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresa Order . In 1805 he rose to lieutenant colonel and in 1807 to colonel and commander of the 22nd Infantry Regiment . On May 24, 1809, he received his promotion to major general. During the Russian campaign in 1812 he was seriously wounded in the Battle of Podobna .

On December 21, 1813, he was a Count levied and 1816 commander of the fortress Salzburg . He was promoted to field marshal lieutenant on January 21, 1817 , and was sent to Lombardy , where he successfully fought the uprising of the Piedmontese in 1821 as a division general . Immediately afterwards he was appointed military governor in Alessandria and also commander of the troops in Alessandria in 1822. In 1826 he withdrew with his contingent and by then, in recognition of the successful restoration of the situation, had received the Grand Cross of the Order of Mauritius and Lazarus as well as that of the Order of St. Ferdinand and the Order of Merit , finally in 1823 the Order of the Iron Crown 1st Class and the dignity of a Privy Councilor .

In 1827 he became the fortress commander of Venice , but in November of the same year he was posted to Trieste as a divisional and military commander of the coastal region . There followed in November 1829 the appointment as commanding general in Croatia and in 1831 as civil and military governor of Dalmatia . With his promotion to Feldzeugmeister on September 18, 1838, he concluded his tour.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Genealogical pocket book of the German count's houses , 9th year, Justus Pertes, Gotha 1836, p. 517 ; 20th year, 1847, p. 678 ; Volume 44, 1871, p. 868.
  2. ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Cousin Graf von Lilienberg, Genealogie . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 50th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1884, p. 247 ( digitized version ).
  3. ^ Adelslexikon , Volume XV, CA Starke, Limburg / Lahn 2004, p. 233.
  4. ↑ a b Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : German count houses of the present in heraldic, historical and genealogical relation. Volume 2, TO Weigel, Leipzig 1853, pp. 598-600.
  5. ^ A b c Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Imperial and Imperial Generals 1618-1815. Austrian State Archives / A. Schmidt-Brentano 2006, p. 105 (PDF; 453 kB).
personal data
SURNAME Lilienberg's cousin, Wenzel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vetter, Wenzel Alois, Count von Lilienberg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Imperial Feldzeugmeister
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Czaslau
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1840
Place of death Zara