Count Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont
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Erlaucht Karl Ludwig count von Ficquelmont |
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| 2nd Minister-President of the Austrian Empire | |
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In office 4 April 1848 – 4 May 1848 |
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| Monarch | Ferdinand I |
| Preceded by | Franz Anton Graf von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky |
| Succeeded by | Franz Feirherr von Pillersdorf |
| 3rd Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire | |
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In office 18 March 1848 – 4 May 1848 |
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| Monarch | Ferdinand I |
| Preceded by | Klemens Furst von Metternich |
| Succeeded by | Johann Feirherr von Wessenberg-Ampringen |
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23 March 1777 Castle of Dieuze, Lorraine, France |
| Died | 7 April 1857 (aged 80) Venice, Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothea Furstin von Tiesenhausen |
| Relations | Maximilien-Chrétien, Count de Ficquelmont and of the Holy Empire Anne Marie, Countess Treusch von Buttlar (parents) |
| Children | Elisabeth-Alexandrine de Ficquelmont, princess Clary-und-Aldringen |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Karl Ludwig, Count of Ficquelmont (German pronunciation: [ˈfɪkɛlˌmɔnt]; French: Charles-Louis comte de Ficquelmont) (March 23, 1777 – April 7, 1857) was an Austrian , statesman and Field marshal of the Austrian Imperial army of French noble origin.
He was born Gabriel-Charles-Louis-Bonnaventure, Count de Ficquelmont at the Castle of Dieuze, in his family's Estates in the present-day French département of Moselle. The son of a nobility family from Lorrainer family dating back to the 14th century (House of Ficquelmont), he was introduced to the King at the Royal Court of Versailles in 1789.
Only a few months later, the French Revolution started. His family, as were targeted by the Revolution, several of his relatives were beheaded and many of their Estates were confiscated during the Terreur era. Ficquelmont chose to join the "Army of the Princes" fighting against revolutionary France.
He eventually entered the military service of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1793. Ficquelmont participated in all Austrian campaigns in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and was regarded as a brilliant military officer. In 1809, he rose to the rank of an Oberst and was appointed chief of staff of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este. In 1811 and 1812, he led troops in Spain, where his victories attracted the attention of Emperor Napoleon I, who unsuccessfully tried to recruit him. He was then elevated to the rank of Generalmajor in 1814 and received the capitulation of Lyon a few month later.
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