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Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg

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Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg
Birth nameMaximilien Joseph Schauenburg
Born30 April 1784
Saint Stephen's Church, Kingdom of France
Died19 September 1838
Paris, Kingdom of France
AllegianceFrance
BranchFrench Army
Years of service1797-1837
RankMaréchal de camp
Battles/warsFrench conquest of Algeria
Awards
Spouse(s)
  • Caroline De Berckheim (d. 1827)[1]
  • Hortense (Ursule) De Lorme[2]
ChildrenPierre Maximilien Arthur Schauenburg[3]

Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg (born in Saint Stephen's Church on 30 April 1784 and died in Paris on 19 September 1838) was a French officer who participated to the French conquest of Algeria.[4][5]

Family

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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

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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

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

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See also

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Bibliography

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

References

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