Ferdinand Freiherr Rosenzweig von Drauwehr (July 11, 1812 – September 4, 1892) was an

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military officer and architect.

Biography

Rosenzweig was born in

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in the

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. He served first under Kaiser Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary and then under Emperor

Maximilian I of Mexico Maximilian I (german: Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen, link=no, es, Fernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena, link=no; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who reigned as the only Emperor ...

. He was married to Hungarian Princess Catarina Radzivil de Atavia, who was a lady in the court of Empress

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. During his service to the Emperor of Mexico, he traced and built the current famous avenue

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, in that time called ''Paseo de la Emperatriz'' ("Promenade of the Empress"); and later renamed. After the fall of the

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, during the post-Maximilian era, he built several other structures such as the Necaxa Ridge, which was

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first source of electricity.

References

Sources

* Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: ''Die k.k. bzw. k.u.k. Generalität 1816-1918'', Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, 2007, p. 154. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferdinand Von Rosenzweig 1812 births 1892 deaths Austrian military personnel Barons of Austria Mexican Empire 19th century in Mexico Paseo de la Reforma