Charles fought againstNapoleon at theBattle of Hanau in 1813, became a general of division, and took part in theCampaign of 1814. His differences withPrince Wrede led to his retirement from 1822 till some time after the latter's death in 1838, when his brother KingLudwig I of Bavaria appointed himfield marshal and general inspector of the army. In theAustro-Prussian War of 1866, he was commander-in-chief of the 7th and 8th corps of theBavarian Army, being allied withAustria. His troops, some 52,000 men, served in theMain Campaign.[2] Afterwards he retired from public service.[1]
On 1 October 1823 hemorganatically marriedMarie-Anne-Sophie Petin [de] (Neuburg, 27 July 1796 – Munich, 22 February 1838), who was created Baroness von Bayrstorff upon their marriage.[3] She was a daughter of Franz Moritz Petin, Captain in theBavarian Army, and Baroness Maria Theodora von Branca. Before her death at Tegernsee in 1838, they were the parents of three daughters:[4]
Caroline Sophie von Bayrstorff (17 October 1816 – 25 May 1889), who married Adolf, Baron von Gumppenberg (1804–1877) in 1834.[5]
Maximiliane Theodora von Bayrstorff (30 September 1823 – 19 March 1885), who married August, Count von Drechsel zu Deufstetten (1810–1880), in 1841.[5]
^Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm III. ernannte Ritter"p. 18
^abAlmanach de la cour: pour l'année ... 1817. l'Académie Imp. des Sciences. 1817. pp. 78,142.
^Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1873. Heinrich. 1873. pp. 3,33.
Louda, Jirí; MacLagan, Michael (1999).Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (2nd ed.). London: Little, Brown and Company. table 97.
Bavaria:
Austria:[14]
Baden:[15]
Brazil: Grand Cross of theOrder of Pedro I[16]
Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of theSaxe-Ernestine House Order,June 1842[17]
Tuscan Grand Ducal Family:Grand Cross of St. Joseph[16]
Hesse-Darmstadt: Grand Cross of theLudwig Order,21 September 1842[18]
Hohenzollern: Cross of Honour of the PrincelyHouse Order of Hohenzollern, 1st Class[19]
Greece:Grand Cross of the Redeemer[16]
Netherlands:Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion[16]
Prussia:
Russia:[16]
Saxony:[22]
Sweden-Norway:Knight of the Seraphim,16 July 1852[23]
Württemberg:Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown,1865[24]
