Louis Charles Folliot de Crenneville

Ludwig Karl Graf Folliot of Crenneville (Louis Charles de Folliot Crenneville ) ( born July 3, 1763 in Metz, † June 21, 1840 in Vienna ) was an Austrian general during the Napoleonic Wars.

Life

Louis Charles Folliot was born on July 3, 1763 in Metz (according to other sources 1765 ). At an early age he decided on a military career and was trained in Pont -à -Mousson in Paris as a soldier. In 1778 he became an officer in the French Navy, where he remained until 1791. In 1792 he was involved in the counter-revolution. He remained in the Royal Navy and was involved in several battles in the French colonies. In 1793 the cadet in the 1st Regiment of Light Cavalry "Kaiser". In 1794 he was promoted to lieutenant and two years later Officier d' intendance à l' état ​​-major. Crenneville distinguished himself in Schliengen and Würzburg and was promoted to lieutenant.

In 1797 he received the rank of captain and was responsible for the shipment of the Austrian troops to Istria and Dalmatia. In 1798 he was sent together with Ferdinand of Württemberg to Saint Petersburg. After his return, he was promoted to Major and aide of Ferdinand of Austria. In 1799 he accompanied another time the Prince Ferdinand of Württemberg to St. Petersburg.

In the spring of 1813 Crenneville was appointed field marshal lieutenant. As a division commander, he distinguished himself at the Battle of Dresden by the conquest of the Plauensche ground. On the subsequent retreat to Bohemia, the division had only slight losses. In 1814 he fought in La Ferté -sur- Aube. He was also involved in the fighting at Arcis- sur -Aube on 20 March 1814 where the Austrians were defeated and distinguished himself at the Battle of Paris. On 1 June the Emperor Crenneville awarded the Military Maria Theresa Order. He was " Archduke Franz" N appointed colonel of the 2nd Cuirassiers ° 2. In 1815 Crenneville commanded the vanguard of the Austrian army in Piedmont, fought on June 21 at the Grande Saxone in Meillerie and June 28 at St. Genix and he took a well Chalons and Lyon. He then retired to Sopron, but was recalled to organize the Austrian Navy.

1823 Crenneville became a Privy Councillor and Grand Master of the Household of the Viceroy of Lombardy - Venetia, Archduke Rainer, appointed. In 1831 he was promoted to general of cavalry and four years later became deputy commander of the First Regiment of the Gardes du Corps in Vienna, a post which he held until his death on June 21, 1840 ..

Military career

  • Major: 1798
  • Lieutenant Colonel: 1800
  • Colonel: 1800
  • Major General: March 9, 1805
  • Feldmarschalleutnant: April 27, 1813
  • General of Cavalry: March 9, 1831

Awards

  • Military Maria Theresa Order - KC: June 1, 1814
  • Army Cross for 1813/14: c. 1814
  • Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown - GC: 1833
  • Konstantin Order - GC: 1826
  • Imperial Order of the saints and true believers Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky: 1833
  • Russian Order of St. Anne II and I. Class: 1814 - before 1826
  • Order of Knights of St.. Mauritius and Lazarus - GC: before 1826
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