Johann Gabriel Chasteler de Courcelles Military person

Johann Gabriel, Marquis du Chasteler de Courcelles (22 January 1763 – 7 May 1825) was a Walloon, born near Mons, Belgium. He entered the military service of Habsburg Austria at an early age and trained as an engineer at the Ingenieurakademie in Vienna. Serving as Chief of Staff to Spleny in the Turkish War from 1788, he won the Ritterkreuz (Knight’s Cross) of the Order of Maria Theresa for outstanding bravery at the Battle of Focsani in action against the Ottoman Turks.

Personal facts

Johann Gabriel Chasteler de Courcelles
Birth dateJanuary 22, 1763
Birth place
Mons , Austrian Netherlands
Date of deathMay 07, 1825
Place of death
Venice , Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia

Search

Military person

allegianceAustrian Empire
award
Order of Leopold (Austria)
Military Order of Maria Theresa
military operations
Napoleonic Wars
French Revolutionary Wars
Austro-Turkish War (1787–91)
service start1776
service end1825

Johann Gabriel Chasteler de Courcelles on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/Austria/AustrianGenerals/c_AustrianGeneralsC.html#C17