| (de) Baillet Baillet von Latour | |
|---|---|
| Noble family | |
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| Country |   |
| Titles | Lords of Bellefontaine Lords of Lintere Lords of Rechingen Lords of Munischbach Lords of la Tour Barons of Geffe Counts of Baillet Viscounts of Merlemont |
| Estate(s) | Latour Castle |
| Cadet branches | Baillet-Latour (+) |
Baillet or de Baillet or Baillet von Latour [1] [2] is a former Belgian noble family. The house is divided into different branches, the most famous[ citation needed ] were the Counts of Baillet-Latour.
The title of Count of Baillet was created by imperial decree of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor on 10 March 1719. The first Count of Baillet was Christophe-Ernest. He was the son of Maximilien-Antoine de Baillet. [3] The family had great[ peacock term ] influence in politics and church, many members were active in the Catholic Party.[ citation needed ]
In 1980[ citation needed ] the last male heir died without children meaning that the title became extinct.[ citation needed ]
The family resided in the Chateau de Latour next to Virton until 1794. [4] The Artois-Baillet Latour Foundation is named after the family. [5]
The Battle of Amberg, fought on 24 August 1796, resulted in an Habsburg victory by Archduke Charles over a French army led by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan. This French Revolutionary Wars engagement marked a turning point in the campaign, which had previously seen French successes.
The Battle of Hohenlinden was fought on 3 December 1800, during the French Revolutionary Wars. A French army under Jean Victor Marie Moreau won a decisive victory over the Austrians and Bavarians led by Archduke John of Austria. After being forced into a disastrous retreat, the allies were compelled to request an armistice that effectively ended the War of the Second Coalition. Hohenlinden is 33 km east of Munich in modern Germany.
Virton is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. It is also the administrative centre of the district (arrondissement) of the same name, as well as the principal town of the small region of Belgian Lorraine known as the Gaume, famous for its microclimate.
Count Henri de Baillet-Latour was a Belgian aristocrat and the third President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Wilhelm Maria Theodor Ernst Richard Graf von Mirbach-Harff was a German diplomat.
The Schenk von Stauffenberg family is a noble (Uradel) Roman Catholic family from Swabia in Germany. The family's best-known recent member was Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg – the key figure in the 1944 "20 July plot" to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
The Austrian nobility is a status group that was officially abolished in 1919 after the fall of Austria-Hungary. The nobles are still part of Austrian society today, but they no longer retain any specific privileges. Austria's system of nobility was very similar to Germany's, as both countries were previously part of the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806).
Latour is a surname, and may refer to:
Baillet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Artois-Baillet Latour Foundation is a Belgian non-profit organization which was founded on 1 March 1974.
Michael Sela is an Israeli immunologist of Polish Jewish origin. He is the W. Garfield Weston Professor of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. He is a former President of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Alfred, Count de Baillet Latour was a Belgian count.
Ferdinand Charles Louis Antoine, Count of Baillet-Latour was a Belgian politician. He was governor of the province of Antwerp from 14 March 1908 until 31 December 1912.
Theodor Franz, Count of Baillet von Latour was an Austrian soldier and statesman. As the Imperial Minister of War, he was killed by a mob at the beginning of the Vienna Uprising.
Montquintin Castle is an ancient feudal castle, now in ruins, situated on a ridge overlooking the valley of the Ton, to Montquintin in Gaume in the extreme south of the province of Luxembourg.
Johann Sigismund Graf von Riesch joined the army of Habsburg Austria as a cavalry officer and, during his career, fought against the Kingdom of Prussia, Ottoman Turkey, Revolutionary France, and Napoleon's French Empire. He became a general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and held important commands during the War of the Second Coalition. He displayed a talent for leading cavalry formations, but proved less capable when given corps-sized commands. During the 1805 Ulm Campaign in the Napoleonic Wars, the French badly defeated his corps and forced it to surrender soon afterward. From 1806 to his death in 1821, he was the Proprietor (Inhaber) of an Austrian cavalry regiment.
Count Maximilian Anton Karl Baillet de Latour was an Austrian general during the French Revolutionary Wars.
The Battle of Biberach was fought on 2 October 1796 between a First French Republic army led by Jean Victor Marie Moreau and a Habsburg Austrian army led by Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour. The French army paused in its retreat toward the Rhine River to savage the pursuing Austrians. The action occurred during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. Biberach an der Riss is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Ulm.
The Battle of Radzymin took place on April 25, 1809 during the brief Polish–Austrian War. The battle occurred at Radzymin, some 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of Warsaw.
Christophe-Ernest, 1st Count of Baillet (1668-1732) was a leading figure in the government of the Austrian Netherlands.