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.
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| - 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.
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| - Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia
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| - Johann Gabriel Chasteler de Courcelles
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| - Mons, Austrian Netherlands
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| - Military Order of Maria Theresa, KC 1790, CC 1799
- Order of Leopold, 1809
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| - Inhaber Infantry Regiment # 64
- Inhaber, Infantry Regiment # 27
- Inhaber, Infantry Regiment # 46
- Privy Councillor, 1816
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| - 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.
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