Wilhelm Ludwig Gustav von Wartensleben

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Feldzeugmeister Wilhelm von Wartensleben

Wilhelm Ludwig Gustav Graf von Wartensleben (born October 11, 1734 in Hessen-Kassel , † April 21, 1798 in Vienna ) was an Imperial Austrian Feldzeugmeister , most recently commanding general in Transylvania .

Life

origin

He came from the old aristocratic family Wartensleben from Westphalia and was the younger son of Karl Philip Christian von Wartensleben (1689–1760) and Albertine Louise Baroness von Quadt and Wykradt (1697–1744).

Military career

He initially served in the Dutch army and in 1758, at the age of 24, was transferred to the imperial service as a major , where he entered service with the Szluin Grenzer Regiment. He distinguished himself at the meeting of Strehlen on August 20, 1760 at the end of the Seven Years' War . After he again proved himself on May 21, 1762 in the attack on the Prussian position near Chemnitz (May 21), he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. A few days later he was badly wounded in a skirmish near Gepulzig. In 1773 in the service of the Otochan border guards regiment, he was promoted to colonel . After the outbreak of the War of the Bavarian Succession , he rose to major general in 1778 at the age of 44 . In 1779 Emperor Joseph II granted him ownership of Infantry Regiment No. 28.

In the Turkish war of 1788–1792 , Wartensleben already served as a field marshal lieutenant and distinguished himself during the battle on Mount Lassmare (August 17, 1788), during the retreat via Kornia to Fehnisch on August 29, and in defending against enemy persecutors when retreating from Karánsebes on August 21 September off. The choice of his position and the arrangements with which he helped to bring the fortress of New Orsova to handover gave him the Commander's Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa on April 21, 1790 .

After the outbreak of the Revolutionary War against the French, Wartensleben initially worked as a divisional general in the Austrian Netherlands and in 1794 advanced to Feldzeugmeister . In the summer of 1796 he commanded the imperial army on the Lower Rhine , but was defeated by the French under Jourdan in battles near Neuwied and Oberwesel . Defeated again at Friedberg on July 10th, his troops had to fight back to Bohemia via Bamberg and Forchheim . On August 17, the French fought another battle near Sulzbach-Rosenberg , from which Wartensleben had to withdraw again. Only after his union with the main army under Archduke Karl on August 22nd, the Austrians were able to initiate a successful counter-offensive. Waiting life's troops were able to make a decisive contribution to the victory of Archduke Karl in the battles near Amberg (August 24th) and Würzburg (September 3rd).

On October 19, 1796 he fought in the Battle of Emmendingen , where his left arm was shattered by an enemy grape ball . He had to leave the theater of war and after his restoration received the post of commanding general in Transylvania. Wartensleben died on April 21, 1798 during a stay in Vienna.

family

In 1766 he married Countess Klara Teleki (* February 12, 1732; † February 21, 1798). The couple had several children:

  • Esther Caroline (October 4, 1774; † 1845) ⚭ Daniel Baron Vay
  • Ferdinand (January 17, 1778 - March 7, 1821), Imperial and Royal Field Marshal Lieutenant
  • Karl (March 13, 1780; † January 21, 1835) ⚭ Amalie Baronin Podmaniczky (* 1783; † October 10, 1821)
  • Alexander (March 1, 1787 - May 13, 1844) ⚭ Countess Maria Leopoldine Antonie Exner (* November 15, 1792)
  • Katharina (* August 23, 1781; † February 6, 1808) ⚭ Baron Ludwig Prónay († December 26, 1826)
  • Clara Wilhelmine (December 13, 1781 - March 20, 1834) ⚭ Alexander Baron Podmaniczky (October 29, 1758 - July 23, 1830)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Julius von Wartensleben : Messages from the sex of the Counts of Wartensleben , Volume 2, Berlin 1858, p. 253.
  2. ↑ Julius von Wartensleben: Messages from the sex of the Counts of Wartensleben , Volume 2, Berlin 1858, p. 262.
  3. ↑ Julius von Wartensleben: Messages from the sex of the Counts of Wartensleben , Volume 2, Berlin 1858, p. 263.
personal data
SURNAME Waiting life, Wilhelm Ludwig Gustav von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waiting life, Wilhelm Ludwig Gustav Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1734
PLACE OF BIRTH Hessen-Kassel
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1798
Place of death Vienna