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Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck
Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck
Born24 March 1768 (1768-03-24)
Prague, Habsburg monarchy
Died22 October 1840 (1840-10-23) (aged 72)
Prague, Austrian Empire
AllegianceAustrian Empire Austrian Empire
Service / branchCavalry
Years of service1784–1821
RankFeldmarschall-Leutnant
Battles / wars
AwardsMilitary Order of Maria Theresa
Order of St Anna, 1st class, 1815
Other workInhaber, Chevau-léger Regiment Nr. 7
Privy Councillor, 1834

Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck (24 March 1768 – 22 October 1840) commanded a cavalry division in the army of the Austrian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

Career

Johann Nepomuk was born on 24 March 1768 in Prague, the ninth child of Count Franz Anton von Nostitz-Rieneck (1725-1794) and Countess Marie Elisabeth of Kolowrat-Krakowsky (1728-1815). His father was the High Burggraf of Bohemia. His father's younger brother was Friedrich Moritz von Nostitz-Rieneck,[1][better source needed] a high-ranking Austrian general who became president of the Aulic Council shortly before his death in 1796.[2]

In 1784, he entered the Habsburg monarchy's military establishment and fought in the Austro-Turkish War. He served with distinction in the Flanders Campaign and was wounded at Tourcoing in 1794. He retired from the army at the end of 1796, but returned to military service as a general officer in late 1800.

In 1805, he led a brigade at Dürrenstein, Schöngrabern, and Austerlitz. In 1809, he fought at Aspern-Essling and led a cavalry division at Wagram. In 1813, he served at Dresden and led a division of cuirassiers at Leipzig. The following year, he fought at Arcis-sur-Aube and Fère-Champenoise. He became Proprietor (Inhaber) of a light cavalry regiment from 1814 until his death in 1840.

Family

On 27 January 1797 at Karlsruhe, Nostitz married firstly Countess Sofia Petrovna Apraxina (1778-1802), daughter of Count Peter Fyodorovich Apraxin (1728-1812) and his wife, Countess Elisaveta Kyrilovna Razumovskaya (1749-1813). They had four children, Eduard who died in 1797 as an infant, Elisabeth (1799–1884), Karl (1801–1802), and Adelheid (1802–1887). Sofia died on 22 April 1802, three weeks after giving birth to Adelheid. On 28 June 1803, Nostitz wed his cousin, Countess Antonie Josefa Schlick von Passaun and Weißkirchen (b. 1783), daughter of Count Joseph Franz Xaver Johann Nepomuk Heinrich Adam Franz de Paula von Schlik zu Bassano und Weisskirchen (1754-1807) and his wife, Countess Maria Philippine Ludmilla Justina von Nostitz-Rieneck. She gave birth to seven children, Jan Nepomuk (1804?–1810), Ota (1804?–1821), Marie Philippine (1804–1876), Jan Josef (1805–1806), Albert (1807–1871), Hermann (1812–1895), and Sigmund (1815–1890). His second wife Antonie died on 18 August 1830. Nostitz died at Prague on 22 October 1840.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Marek, Miroslav. "Johann Hartwig von Nostitz-Rieneck genealogy". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 18 January 2014.[self-published source]
  2. ^ Smith, Digby; Kudrna, Leopold. "Austrian Generals of 1792-1815: Nostitz-Rieneck, (Friedrich) Moritz Graf von". napoleon-series.org. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

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Military offices
Preceded by
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Proprietor (Inhaber) of Chevau-léger Regiment Nr. 7
1814–1840
Succeeded by
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