Friedrich Joseph, Count of Nauendorf
| Friedrich August Joseph, Count of Nauendorf | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 August 1749 Heilsdorf, Saxon Vogtland |
| Died | 30 December 1801 (aged 52) Troppau, Austrian Silesia |
| Allegiance |
 Habsburg Austria
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| Service/branch | Colonel-Proprietor (Inhaber), 8th Hussar Regiment (1799 – 30 December 1801) |
| Years of service | 1763–1801 |
| Rank | Feldmarschall-leutnant |
| Battles/wars |
War of the Bavarian Succession |
| Awards |
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War of the Bavarian Succession
Austro-Turkish War of 1787
French Revolutionary Wars
Friedrich Joseph of Nauendorf, a general in Habsburg service during the French Revolutionary Wars, was noted for his intrepid and daring raids.
Like most Austrian generals of the French Revolutionary Wars, he joined the military as a young man, and served in the War of Bavarian Succession, in which he took part in its first action by successfully repelling a Prussian border raid, which earned him the admiration of the Empress Maria Theresa's son, Joseph. His continued success in the Habsburg border wars with the Ottoman Empire added to his reputation as a commander.
In the Wars of the First and Second Coalitions, his forces were vital to the successful relief of Mainz, and his commands captured the French siege train and most of the supplies during the French evacuation. In the campaigns in Swabia (1799), he commanded the advanced guard, and later the center of the main column at the on 25 March 1799. At the First Battle of Zürich in 1799, he commanded the right wing in the Austrian victory of André Masséna's force. After the Swabian and Swiss campaigns, he retired in poor health, and died in 1801.
Born in the village of Heilsdorf, in the Saxon Vogtland, 3 August 1749, Nauendorf came from a family of minor Saxon aristocracy and Prussian state administrators. His grandfather was a states’ attorney in Jena. His father, Freiherr (Baron) Carl Georg Christian Nauendorf, was a cavalry officer in Habsburg military service in the Seven Years' War, and was present at the Battle of Kolín. He was also part of Baron Ernst Gideon von Laudon's army on 30 September – 1 October 1761, when Laudon led the force in the storming of Schweidnitz.
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