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Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg
Birth name Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg
Born 30 April 1784
Died 19 September 1838
Place of birth Saint Stephen's Church, Kingdom of France
Place of death Paris, Kingdom of France
Allegiance France
Service/branch French Army
Years of service 1797-1837
Rank Maréchal de camp
Battles/wars

French conquest of Algeria

Awards
  • Order of Saint Louis
  • Legion of Honour
  • Spouse(s)
  • Caroline De Berckheim (d. 1827)[1]
  • Hortense (Ursule) De Lorme[2]
  • 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.[3][4]

    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.[5]

    Before 1825 he married Octavia Françoise Caroline de Berkheim 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.[6]

    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) by Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck (1783–1860).[7]
    • "From the Company Squadron" (French) on 12 February 1835 and published in the magazine "Le Spectateur Militaire".[8]
    • "Clothing and harness of the light cavalry" (French) on 6 November 1834 and published in the magazine "Le Spectateur Militaire".[9][10]
    • "From the employment of the cavalry to war" (French), Gaultier-Laguionie, 1838, 128 p.[11]

    Awards[]

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

    Gallery[]

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    Bibliography[]

    References[]

    1. Lehr, Ernest (1870). "L' Alsace noble suivie de le livre d'or du patriciat de Strasbourg: d'Apres des documents authentiques et en grande partie inéd". https://books.google.com/books?id=kBNTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA122. 
    2. "L'Alsace Noble". 1870. https://books.google.com/books?id=_GVrsRa-NeEC&pg=PA122. 
    3. Ristelhuber, Paul (1884). "Biographies alsaciennes: Les alsaciens illustres". https://books.google.com/books?id=Vd5_1dH7bqkC&pg=PT51. 
    4. "Revue d'Alsace". 1875. https://books.google.com/books?id=oS1RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA142. 
    5. "Correspondance générale de Carnot". 1894. https://books.google.com/books?id=mWNBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA475. 
    6. "La Société de Strasbourg". 1888. https://books.google.com/books?id=7EFBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA109. 
    7. Bismarck, Friedrich Wilhelm von (1821). "Tactique de la cavalerie ; suivie d'Élémens de manœuvres pour un régiment de cavalerie". https://books.google.com/books?id=fG49AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7. 
    8. Joly, Claude (1836). "Relation de ce qui s'est passé à la convocation et pendant le voyage de l'arrière-ban de France en Allemagne, en 1674". https://books.google.com/books?id=jllEAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA18. 
    9. "Le Spectateur militaire; Recueil de science, d'art et d'histoire militaires". 1838. https://books.google.com/books?id=UX9lAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA227. 
    10. Lamarque, Jean Maximilien; Fririon, Franciois Nicolas Baron (1834). "Le Spectateur militaire: Recueil de science, d'art et d'histoire militaires". https://books.google.com/books?id=vLg8AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA444. 
    11. De Schauenburg, Maximilien J. (1838). "De l'emploi de la cavalerie à la guerre". https://books.google.com/books?id=ryVPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1. 
    12. "Ministère de la culture - Base Léonore". http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH260/PG/FRDAFAN83_OL2476017V007.htm. 
    13. "Ministère de la culture - Base Léonore". http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH260/PG/FRDAFAN83_OL2476017V001.htm. 
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