Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg

Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg (born in Saint Stephen's Church on 30 April 1784 and died in Paris on 19 September 1838) was a French officer who participated to the French conquest of Algeria.

Family
Born on 30 April 1784 in Saint Stephen's Church near Strasbourg, he is the son of Alexis Balthazar Henri Schauenburg (1748-1831) and Sophie Louise Albertini d'Ichtersheim.

Before 1825 he married Octavia Françoise Caroline de Berckheim who died in 1827, then he remarried in 1829 with Ursule Hortense Delorme (1799-1871), of whom he had an only son Pierre Maximilien Arthur Schauenburg.

Publications
Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg wrote several contributions in the military field, including:
 * Translation from German in 1821 of the work "Tactics of the cavalry" (Tactique de la cavalerie) by Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck (1783–1860).
 * "From the Company Squadron" (De l'Escadron Compagnie) on 12 February 1835 and published in the magazine "Le Spectateur Militaire".
 * "Clothing and harness of the light cavalry" (De l'habillement et du harnachement de la cavalerie légère) on 6 November 1834 and published in the magazine "Le Spectateur Militaire".
 * "From the employment of the cavalry to war" (De l'emploi de la cavalerie à la guerre), Gaultier-Laguionie, 1838, 128 p.

Awards
Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg was decorated with several medals during his military career, including:
 * Knight of the Order of Saint Louis.
 * Officer of the Legion of Honour.