Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg

Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg
Birth nameMaximilien Joseph Schauenburg
Born(1784-04-30)30 April 1784
Died19 September 1838(1838-09-19) (aged 54)
Paris, France
AllegianceFrench First Republic
First French Empire
Kingdom of France
BranchFrench Revolutionary Army
French Imperial Army
French Royal Army
French Army
Service years1797–1837
RankMaréchal de camp
Conflicts
Awards
Spouses
  • Caroline De Berckheim (d. 1827)[1]
  • Hortense (Ursule) De Lorme[2]
ChildrenPierre Maximilien Arthur Schauenburg[3]

Maréchal de camp Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg (30 April 1784 – 19 September 1838) was a French Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the French conquest of Algeria.[4][5]

Family

Born on 30 April 1784 in Saint Stephen's Church near Strasbourg, he is the son of Alexis Balthazar Henri Schauenburg (1748-1831) and Sophie Louise Albertini d'Ichtersheim.[6]

Before 1825 he married Octavia Françoise Caroline de Berckheim who died in 1827, then he remarried in 1829 with Ursule Hortense Delorme (1799-1871), of whom he had an only son Pierre Maximilien Arthur Schauenburg.[7]

Publications

Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg wrote several contributions in the military field, including:

  • Translation from German in 1821 of the work "Tactics of the cavalry" (French: Tactique de la cavalerie) by Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck (1783–1860).[8]
  • "From the Company Squadron" (French: De l'Escadron Compagnie) on 12 February 1835 and published in the magazine "Le Spectateur Militaire".[9]
  • "Clothing and harness of the light cavalry" (French: De l'habillement et du harnachement de la cavalerie légère) on 6 November 1834 and published in the magazine "Le Spectateur Militaire".[10][11]
  • "From the employment of the cavalry to war" (French: De l'emploi de la cavalerie à la guerre), Gaultier-Laguionie, 1838, 128 p.[12]

Awards

Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg was decorated with several medals during his military career, including:

See also

Bibliography

  • Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg (1838). De l'emploi de la cavalerie à la guerre. Paris: Gaultier-Laguionie. p. 128.

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