Vincent Ferrer Friedrich von Bianchi Duke of Casalanza ( German: Vinzenz Ferrerius Friedrich von Bianchi, Herzog von Casalanza ) (1768-1855) - Austrian military leader. Baron, Duke of di Casalanza (1815), Field Marshal Lieutenant (1812).
| Vincent Ferrer Friedrich von Bianchi Duke of Casalanza | ||||
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| him. Vinzenz Ferrerius Friedrich von Bianchi, Herzog von Casalanza | ||||
 Vincent Ferrer Friedrich von Bianchi | ||||
| Date of Birth | February 20, 1768 | |||
| Place of Birth | Vein | |||
| Date of death | August 21, 1855 (87 years old) | |||
| A place of death | Sauerbrunn-Rohich | |||
| Affiliation |  Austrian Empire | |||
| Years of service | 1787 - 1824 | |||
| Rank | Field Marshal Lieutenant | |||
| Battles / wars | Austro-Turkish War (1787-1791) , War of the first coalition War of the third coalition , War of the fifth coalition , World War 1812 , War of the sixth coalition Neapolitan War (1815) | |||
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Biography
Born in Vienna on February 20, 1768 in the family of a professor of physics. Educated at the Vienna Academy of Engineering. In 1787 he joined the army as a lieutenant of engineering troops. In 1788 he participated in battles with Turkish troops .
He distinguished himself in the campaign of 1792 as part of the troops of Prince Hohenlohe . In 1793 he participated in the siege of Valenciennes , received the rank of captain. In 1795 - in the siege of Mannheim .
In 1796 he served under the leadership of Wurmser in Italy, in 1797 he was transferred to the Alvizi corps. At the battle of Rivoli ( January 14 - 15, 1797) he was captured, but released in March.
In March 1799 he was promoted to majors and assigned to Archduke Ferdinand d'Este . In 1800 he received the rank of colonel, since 1804 he commanded a regiment in Cattaro . During the campaign of 1805, was an adjutant general in the army of Archduke Ferdinand. In 1807 he was promoted to major general.
In the campaign of 1809, he commanded a brigade as part of the 5th Army Corps of Archduke Ludwig . He distinguished himself in the battle of Aspern and during the defense of the bridgehead of Presburg . He was awarded the Order of Maria Theresa . After the conclusion of the Schönbrunn Peace, he was appointed Inspector General in Hungary .
In 1812, Bianchi, in the rank of Field Marshal Lieutenant , under the command of Prince Schwarzenberg , took part in Napoleon's campaign in Russia , commanding a reserve division.
In the campaign of 1813 , when Austria joined the Sixth Coalition , he commanded a separate 25,000th corps in Bohemia . In the battle of Dresden, he held the left flank of the allied army, was attacked by the corps of Marshal Victor and driven back. He distinguished himself in the battle of Kulm and in the Battle of the Peoples near Leipzig . October 8, 1813 the Russian Emperor Alexander I granted Bianchi the Order of St. George 3rd degree (No. 333 according to the cavalier lists )
| In retribution of the excellent courage and courage shown in the battle against the French troops on October 6 and 7 near Leipzig. |
The following year, he, also commanding a separate corps, attacked the southern regions of France and, after the battle of Bar-sur-Oba, was sent to Lyon to join the detachment of Count Bubna , who had unsuccessfully acted on the Rhone . Taking command of both corps, Bianchi led the French General Marchand to lift the siege of Geneva . Then he defeated Marshal Augereau , and a few days before the capture of Paris took Lyon .
In 1815 , during the return of Napoleon from the island of Elba , Bianchi commanded the Austrian forces in northern Italy. Being suddenly attacked by Murat at Panaro , Bianchi was forced to retreat to Carpi , but, receiving significant reinforcements, hurried to Florence to cut off Murat’s troops from communication with Naples . April 16 - 28 went from Bologna and Florence to Folignano , April 29 crossed the Apennines . May 2 - 3 defeated the Neapolitan troops near Tolentino , which in fact decided the fate of the campaign . On May 20, he signed a convention in Casalanza , which restored the Bourbons on the Neapolitan throne . May 22 entered Naples. King of Both Sicily Ferdinand I bestowed the title of Duke di Casalanza on Bianca, with the award of large estates in Naples. In August, Bianchi entered with his army in Southern France, where he remained until November.
After the conclusion of the Paris world , Bianchi was a member of the Gofkrigsrat - the court military council, commander in chief of the Austrian forces in Galicia , and then in Lombardy and Venice . March 16, 1824 resigned. He lived in his estate Mogliano Veneto near Treviso . He died of cholera on August 21, 1855 in Sauerbrunn-Rohic .
His son is Friedrich von Bianchi.
Sources
- Military encyclopedic lexicon. T. 2. St. Petersburg., 1838
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, S. 608 f.
- Bianchi Vinzenz Ferrerius // Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). - W .: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1957. - Bd. 1 .-- S. 81.
Links
- Bianchi Friedrich, Baron // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Zalessky K. A. Napoleonic Wars 1799-1815. Biographical Encyclopedic Dictionary. - M .: AST ; Astrel, 2003. - ISBN 5-17-016115-8 ; 5-271-05416-0