Franz von Albini

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Franz Joseph Martin

Franz Joseph Martin, Freiherr von Albini auf Dürrenried (14 May 1748 – 8 January 1816) was a German judge and statesman, noted for organising the defence of German states against the French Revolution.

Life

Born 1748 in

Frankfurt-am-Main, before threatening the French garrison of Mainz. During Claude Lecourbe's offensive of 16 November he again threatened the French left wing on the right bank of the Neckar.[1]

In 1806 he was made Governor of Regensburg, and for a short period Commissioner of Frankfurt 19–25 September 1806. Then he was Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Frankfurt 10 October 1806 - December 1810. In the Confederation of the Rhine he was made Minister of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt 1810. Albini was a member of the Conference of Ministers administrating Frankfurt 30 September - 23 December 1813, then Presidential Envoy to the Federal Parliament of the German Confederation in Frankfurt 5 October - 16 December 1815. He died in 1816 in Dieburg.

References

  1. ^ Phipps, Ramsay Weston. The Armies of the First French Republic and the Rise of the Marshals of Napoleon I. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1926–1939, volume 5 p.124
  • Gollwitzer, Heinz, "Albini, Franz Josef Martin Freiherr von", in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 1 (1953)