13 October 1748 (1748-10-13) Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, modern-day Germany
Died
17 January 1806 (1806-01-18) (aged 57) Hradec Králové, modern-day Czech Republic
Allegiance
Austrian Empire
Service/branch
Infantry
Rank
Feldmarschallleutnant
Battles/wars
Austro-Turkish War (1787-1791) French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars
Awards
Military Order of Maria Theresa, KC 1790, CC 1796
Franz Freiherr von Werneck (13 October 1748 – 17 January 1806), enlisted in the army of Habsburg Austria and fought in the Austro-Turkish War, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. He had a distinguished career until 1797, when he was dismissed for losing a battle, and reinstated in 1805. In that year he surrendered his command and was later brought up on charges. He died while awaiting a court-martial.
Franz Freiherr vonWerneck (13 October 1748 – 17 January 1806), enlisted in the army of Habsburg Austria and fought in the Austro-Turkish War, the French...
General Louis Lazare Hoche, defeated the Austrians under General FranzvonWerneck at the Battle of Neuwied. Neuwied is the native town of paternal ancestors...
was born in Ludwigsburg, the son of Franz Friedrich Freiherr vonWerneck and his wife Marianne Dorothea, born von Mentzingen. He served briefly in the...
corps of FranzvonWerneck to march northeast, while Johann Sigismund Riesch covered its right flank at Elchingen. The Austrian commander sent Franz Jellacic's...
director of the mental institution (Unterfränkische Landes-Irrenanstalt) in Werneck. In 1869 he was appointed director of the Burghölzli Hospital, as well...
Josias of Coburg carried out the function of army commander and Karl Mack von Leiberich acted as chief of staff to the emperor. The Coalition army at Tourcoing...
With Jourdan neutralized and retreating into France, Charles left FranzvonWerneck to watch the Army of Sambre-et-Meuse, making sure it did not try to...
(district mental asylum) in Werneck. Later he was appointed director of the Kreis-Irrenanstalt-Deggendorf, and in 1884 succeeded Franzvon Rinecker (1811–1883)...
action on the Lahn on 16 September. In 1797 he commanded a column of FranzvonWerneck’s right wing under Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour,...
archived from the original on 3 January 2024, retrieved 19 October 2020 Werneck in Beiträge zur praktischen Heilkunde: mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung...
commanded 28 battalions and 30 squadrons at Ulm. Feldmarschall-Leutnant FranzvonWerneck had 30 battalions and 24 squadrons near Günzburg. Kienmayer's command...
on 22 September. Charles left 32,000 to 36,000 troops commanded by FranzvonWerneck in the north, 9,000 more in Mainz and Mannheim to insure the Army...
Bernhard von Gudden (1824–1886) and Hubert von Grashey (1839–1914) at the mental institution in Werneck, and in 1870 was an assistant to Franzvon Rinecker...
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