Frederic von Franquemont
Count Frederic von Franquemont | |
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Born | Ludwigsburg | 5 March 1770
Died | 2 January 1842 | (aged 71)
Rank | Field-marshal |
Battles/wars | Battle of Wartenburg; Battle of Bautzen; Battle of Leipzig |
Friedrich von Franquemont (5 March 1770, in Ludwigsburg – 2 January 1842) was a Württemberg Infantry General under Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars and later Württemberg State and Secretary of War.
Life[]
Franquemont was the son of an illegitimate union of Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728-1793) and the dancer Regina Monti. He was already on 5 July 1775, at the age of five years, a pupil in the High School Karl added.[clarification needed] In 1787, he left school as a second lieutenant and went to the Württemberg Cape Regiment, which served for the Dutch East India Company. He served first in South Africa, then in Batavia, and Trincomalee in Ceylon, where in 1795, he was captured by the British. Held in Madras, he came to England and was released in 1800.
Then, he joined the Württemberg service. First, he became captain and then rose in rapid succession, so in 1807, he was colonel of the 1st Battalion of the Kronprinz Regiment. In 1808, he was a major general. By 1812, he was a lieutenant general. He commanded the Foot Guards in 1814. On 6 November 1813, he was promoted to field-marshal. In the Napoleonic Wars, he was on the side of Napoleon, at the Battle of Wartenburg,[1] Battle of Bautzen, where he was severely wounded, and Battle of Dennewitz.[2]
In 1815, Franquemont was chief of the Württemberg Expeditionary Force in the Allied forces.
After the war he was appointed Minister of State and head of the War Department (War Minister) on 9 November 1816 by William I of Württemberg. From 9 November 1816 to 10 August 1829, he was also a member of the Privy Council. In 1818, King William awarded him with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg crown. In 1819, he was appointed member for life of the Württemberg Chamber of Lords. In 1820, he reorganized the Württemberg military alongside Baron Ernst von Hügel. In 1823, he ended his career as a minister and became commander of No. 6 Crown Prince Infantry Regiment. In August 1829, he resigned from his post for health reasons.
References[]
- ^ Michael V. Leggiere (2007). The Fall of Napoleon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-87542-4.
- ^ Leggiere, Michael V. (2002). Napoleon and Berlin. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-3399-7.
- 1770 births
- 1842 deaths
- French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
- People from Ludwigsburg