Nikolaus Ungnad von Weißenwolf
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Nikolaus Graf Ungnad von Weißenwolf was born on 16 August 1763 in Prague and died on 11 April 1825 in Linz. He belonged to the noble family Ungnad von Weißenwolf and pursued a career as an officer in the Habsburg Monarchy’s army, ultimately reaching the general officer rank of Feldmarschallleutnant and receiving the Military Order of Maria Theresa.
As a youth he entered the orbit of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta: in 1775 he was received as a page under Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc, and in 1776 he was knighted. He entered Habsburg military service soon after. In 1777 he joined the imperial infantry as an ensign in Infantry Regiment No. 57, and in 1778 he was promoted to Lieutenant while still with that regiment. In 1784 he transferred as a first Lieutenant to Infantry Regiment No. 32.
During the Austro-Turkish War, he served in the field in 1788 as a captain with the Esterházy infantry. In the War of the First Coalition against Revolutionary France, he saw active service in 1793, including fighting at Maubeuge. He continued in operations in 1794, including combat connected with Mannheim (noted in the context of the Neckar entrenchments near Mannheim). In 1796 he served under Archduke Charles and fought in the Battle of Würzburg.
By the end of the Napoleonic period he was recognized among Austrian senior officers as a general, and he is recorded as having attained the rank of Feldmarschallleutnant and as being a knight of the Military Order of Maria Theresa. He died at Linz in 1825.
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X 09 Abensberg-Eckmuhl, Znaim; XX 13-14 Dresden, Kulm, Leipzig, Acris-sur-Aube, Fere-Champenoise, Paris