Count Of Erbacherbach Friedrich

Bavarian major general and a member of the old noble house Erbach representative of the dynasty Erbach-Erbach in the First Chamber of Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. After private tutoring Friedrich began a military career in the Bavarian Army and fought in the Napoleonic Wars first in the campaigns of 1809 in alliance with Napoleonic France, then after the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 with his brother Carl against the French. He achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel in active service. After the "Second Paris Peace" in 1815, he resigned as a Bavarian major general. Like his brother he called himself Count zu Erbach-Erbach and von Wartenberg-Roth, Herr zu Breuberg, Wildenstein, Curl and Ostermannshofen; since he was temporarily in the possession of the Office Steinbach of the county Wartenberg-Roth, which was in the Kingdom of Bavaria, he called himself in addition Herr zu Steinbach. During his military career, Friedrich zu Erbach-Erbach had become Knight of the French Legion of Honour. He was also Knight of the Royal Prussian Order of St. John. He died on 2 September 1854 in Heidelberg, aged 69. Link to Wikipedia biography (German)