By Leopold
Kudrna, with Biographical Essays by Digby Smith.
Austrian
Generals
1792-1815
V
Van
Dalwich to Vukassovich
Personal Information
Born: around 1744
Died: Vienna, 28.04.1810
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor (title): 02.08.1807
Retired: 02.08.1807
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem | WZ, 15.08.1810
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V2 |
Van
der Stappen, Peter Joseph |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: 06.1795
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 13.09.1789 (w.r.f. 08.09.1789)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Colonel-Proprietor of the Artillery Regiment N°3: 1792 – 06.1795
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem | (Wrede) 4, p.477
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V3 |
Vasquez
de Pinos, Peter Marqués de |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Preßburg (Pozsony, Bratislava) / Hungary, 31.10.1806
Promotions
Major: ~ 1782
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 29.12.1793
Retired: 29.12.1793
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Decoration of the Elisabeth Theresian Military Foundation: 1798
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Auer, N°329 | MilSchem | Strobl,
IR17, I, pp.103, 109 / II, p.3 | (Wurzbach
49, p.307f.)
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V4 |
Vasquez
de Pinos von Löwenthal, Vincenz Marqués de |
Personal Information
Born: Pest / Hungary, 26.12.1739
Died: Brod / Slavonia, 01.02.1813
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant: 1805
Oberst: 1806
Generalmajor: 15.08.(09.?)1808
Retired: 2nd H 1812
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Fortress Commandant of Brod: 1808 – 2nd H 1812
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Leitner 2, p.54 | MilSchem | Svoboda
1, col.23 | WZ, 05.10.1808, 01.04.1813
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V5 |
Vavasor,
Franz Anton Ritter von |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: 12.08.1817
Promotions
Major: 1792
Oberstleutnant: 1793
Oberst: 1794
Generalmajor: 27.07.1799 (w.r.f. 23.07.1799)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
I.R. Chamberlain
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
MilSchem | Pizzighelli, DR5 ("Valvasor"),
pp.57, 59, 64, 79, 250, 252, 254
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V6 |
Vay
de Vaya, Nikolaus
Vay de Vaya, Nikolaus Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: Zsolcza / Com. Borsod / Hungary, 06.09.1756
Died: Pest / Hungary, 11.05.1824
Name Variants
also: De Vay, Devay
Family Status
Married: 1799 Johanna Adelsheim, the widowed Freiin Bucky (1776-1863)
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor (title a.h.): 03.1807
Retired: 1809
Elevation of Social Status
Freiherr: 18.04.1783
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
MilSchem | Wurzbach 50, genealogical
table (ad p.38)
Internet Sources
Marek [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/vay2.html]
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V7 |
Vay
de Vaya, Paul Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: Gyöngyös (n.l.) / Hungary, 04.08.1735
Died: 24.12.1800
Name Variants
also: De Vay, Devay
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 11.06.1794 (w.r.f. 19.04.1794)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 09.02.1799 (w.r.f. 08.02.1799)
Retired: 1799
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 07.07.1794
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Hirtenfeld 1, p.413f. (wrong: b. 1737) | MilSchem | Wurzbach
50, p.36f.
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V8 |
Vécsey
de Vécse et Hajnácskeö, August Freiherr
Vécsey de Vécse et
Hajnácskeö, August Graf |
Personal Information
Born: Leszniów (Lešniv) / Galicia, 22.08.1775
Died: Vienna, 15.01.1857
Family Status
Son of V10
Great-Grandnephew of V11
Married: 1801 Amalie Karolina Colson (1786-1826)
Promotions
Major: 26.01.1801
Oberstleutnant: 25.11.1805
Oberst: 31.07.1808
Generalmajor: 24.05.1809
Feldmarschalleutnant: 19.11.1820
General der Kavallerie: 02.04.1840
Retired: 08.01.1850
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Captain of the Hungarian Noble Life Guard: 02.04.1840 – 08.01.1850
Elevation of Social Status
Graf: 17.04.1813
Order of Chivalry
Knight of the Order of St. John (of Malta ?): 1843
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 28.05.1806
2nd Colonel-Proprietor of the Hussar Regiment N°3: 09.03.1829 –
15.01.1857
I.R. Privy Chancellor: 10.12.1838
I.R. Chamberlain
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
Russia:
Order of St. Vladimir 3rd cl.: 1815
Sardinia-Piedmont:
Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus – GC: 1821
Printed Sources
Hirtenfeld 2, p.793ff. (wrong: b. 1776) | Hoen,
1809/IV, p.802, note 1 | MD 5, p.146 | MilSchem | MZ,
year 1857, N°5, p.39f. (wrong: b. 1776) | Wurzbach
50, p.43ff. | Wrede 3, p.243 | Wrede
(6), p.62 | WZ, 03.08.1808, 26.05.1815 | Zivkovic,
Generalität, p.42 | Zivkovic, Heerführer,
p.43
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Marek [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/vecsey2.html]
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V9 |
Vécsey
de Vécse et Hajnácskeö, Peter Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: Bodolló / Com. Abaúj / Hungary, 13.07.1768
Died: WIA Wagram / Lower Austria, 06.07.1809 à Nikolsburg
(Mikulov na Morave) / Moravia, 21.07.1809
Family Status
Nephew of V11
Unmarried
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 14.08.1808
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 18.08.1801
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Allmayer-Beck, p.78 (wrong: d. 07.07.1809) | Hirtenfeld
1, p.589f. (wrong: d. 07.07.1809) | MilSchem | Wurzbach
50, p.49ff. | WZ, 03.09.1808
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Marek [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/vecsey3.html]
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V10 |
Vécsey
de Vécse et Hajnácskeö, Siegbert Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: Neustadtl a.d. Waag1 (N. Město n.Váhom,
Vágújhely) / Com. Neutra / Hungary, 22.07.1739
Died: Pest / Hungary, 30.07.1802
Family Status
Father of V8
Grandnephew of V11
Married (1): Sophie Freiin von Reváy (1743-1791)
Married (2): 1792 Therese Gräfin von Zichy (1756-1802)
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant: 17692
Oberst: 01.09.1773
Generalmajor: 10.04.17833 (w.r.f. 03.05.1783)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 24.03.1790 (w.r.f. 20.03.1790)
Retired: 01.05.1801
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 21.12.1789
Colonel-Proprietor of the Hussar Regiment N°34 / (since 1798:) N°4: 19.02.1791 – 30.07.1802
I.R. Chamberlain
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Amon, HR1, pp.57, 68f. (wrong: b. 1740), 492 | Hirtenfeld
1, p.268ff. | MilSchem | Wrede
3, p.250 | Wurzbach 50, p.51f.
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Marek [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/vecsey2.html]
Marek [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/revay3.html]
Marek [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/zichy3.html]
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale (wrong: b. 22.03.1739)
Notes
1) Marek: Érsekújvár (?)
2) Amon, HR1, p.68: 1770 (?)
3) Amon, HR1, p.68: 01.02.1783 (?)
| V11 |
Vécsey
de Vécse et Hajnácskeö, Stephan Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: 1719
Died: Ofen (Buda) / Hungary, 10.10.1802
Family Status
Uncle von V9
Granduncle of V10
Great-Granduncle of V8
Married: Judith Freiin Festetics de Tolna (17??-1802)
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 04.(06.?)06.1759 (w.r.f. 01.12.1758)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem | Wurzbach 50, p.53f. (falsch:
FML)
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Marek [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/vecsey3.html]
Marek [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/festet1.html]
| V12 |
Vetter
von Lilienberg, Wenzel Alois
Vetter von Lilienberg, Wenzel
Alois Graf |
Personal Information
Born: Czaslau (Čáslav) / Bohemia, 16.03.1767
Died: Zara (Zadar) / Dalmatia, 06.02.1840
Family Status
Married: 1809 Therese Gräfin von Daun
Promotions
Major: 25.05.1800
Oberstleutnant: 01.12.1805
Oberst: 27.07.18071
Generalmajor: 24.05.18092
Feldmarschalleutnant: 21.01.18173
Feldzeugmeister: 18.09.18384
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Fortress Commandant of Salzburg: 1816
Military Governor of Alessandria: 1821-1822
Military Commander (Commander of the Austrian forces) in Sicily: 03.1823 –
09.04.1826
City and Fortress Commandant of Venice: 16.07.1827 – 11.1828
Military Commander in Triest: 25.11.1828 – 07.1829
Commanding General in the Banal-Warasdin-Karlstadt Military Border: 11.1829 –
09.1831
Civil and Military Governor in Dalmatia: 03.09.1831 – 06.02.1841
Elevation of Social Status
Graf: 21.12.1813
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 30.04.18025
Order of the Iron Crown 1st cl.: 10.02.1823
Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°18: 11.06.1821 – 06.02.1841
I.R. Privy Councillor: 02.03.1823
I.R. Chamberlain: 15.03.1817
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
Naples-Sicily:
Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit – GC: 25.03.1826
Papal State:
Order of St. Gregor – GC: 1839
Parma:
Constantinian Order of St. George – CC: 1828
Saxony:
Order of Civil Merit – GC: 09.1838
Sardinia-Piedmont:
Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus – GC: 31.07.1821 / w.d.
Printed Sources
Amon, IR18, pp.450, 462ff. | Frank 5,
p.156 | Frank-Döfering, 4532 | Hirtenfeld
1, p.730ff. | Hoen, 1809/IV, p.802, note
1 | Hubka, IR22, p.208 (wrong: GM on
07.06.1809) | MD 5, p.151 | MilSchem | ÖMZ,
year 1841, vol 2, pp.189ff., 306ff.: Joseph von Jellachich: Lebensbeschreibung
des k.k. Feldzeugmeisters Vetter Grafen von Lilienberg (p.313 wrong: proprietor
IR 18: 14.06.1821) | Wurzbach 50, p.239ff.
(wrong: Obstlt on 01.12.1804 / GM on 30.05.1809) | Zivkovic,
Generalität, p.41 | Zivkovic, Heerführer,
pp.67, 70, 76
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1) Amon, IR18, p.465: 22.07.1807 (?) / Hubka, IR22,
p.01.08.1807: 01.08.1807 (?)
2) Amon, IR18, p.465 / ÖMZ: 30.05.1809 (w.r.f.
25.07.1809) (?)
3) Amon, IR18, p.465 / ÖMZ: 22.01.1817 (?)
4) Amon, IR18, p.466 / ÖMZ: 01.09.1838 (?)
5) ÖMZ: 15.04.1802 (?) / Amon, IR18, p.464: 05.05.1802
(?)
| V13 |
Vierset,
Karl Albert Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: Vierset Castle / Austrian Netherlands, 16.07.1720
Died: Vierset Castle / Austrian Netherlands, 30.01.1794
Name Variants
(French) Charles-Albert-Gaetan de Billehé de
St.-Omer, Baron de Vierset
Promotions
France:
Marechal-de-Camp:
Into Austrian service: 1763
Generalmajor: 12.02.1763
Order of Chivalry
Knight of the Order of Malta: 1732
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°58: 1763 – 30.01.1794
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Dauber, p.187 | Englebert N°35 | Guillaume,
p.110 | MilSchem | Wrede
1, p.524
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V14 |
Villata
von Villatburg, Johann Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: Milan (Milano) / Lombardy, 29.12.1777
Died: Vicenza / Venetia, 22.12.1843
Name Variants
(Italian) Giovanni Villata
Promotions
Into Italian service: 1798
General of Brigade: 18111
Into Austrian service: 1814
Generalmajor: 02.07.1814
Retired: 04.1826
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Order of the Iron Crown 3rd cl.: 1821
2nd Colonel-Proprietor of the Cuirassier Regiment N°2: 1840 – 22.12.1843
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
France:
Order of the Légion d'Honneur – OC
Italy (France):
Order of the Iron Crown – CC: 05.1806
Naples-Sicily:
Military Order of St. George and of the Reunion – GC: 1821
Russia:
Order of St. Vladimir 3rd cl.: 1815
Printed Sources
Lombroso, p.507ff. | MilSchem | Wrede
3, p.133 | Wurzbach 51, p.2f. (wrong:
d. 23.11.1843) | WZ, 07.08.1814, 18.10.1815
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Lista dei generali italiani (Wikipedia)
Notes
1) Lista dei generali: 1813 (?)
| V15 |
Vincent,
(Nikolaus) Karl Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: Florence (Firenze) / Tuscany, 11.08.1757
Died: Bioncourt / Lorraine / France, 07.10.1834
Name Variants
(French) Nicolas-Charles Baron de Vincent
Family Status
Married: 1780 Charlotte-Joséphine de Rodouan de Fontaines (1756-1797)
Promotions
Major: 1794
Oberstleutnant: 16.08.1796
Oberst: 04.1797
Generalmajor: 29.10.1800 (w.r.f. 09.11.1800)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 14.08.1808
General der Kavallerie: 18.11.1818
Retired: 11.1825
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Adjutant General to the Emperor: 08.1796 – 10.1798
Special envoy in Paris (France): 21.03.1806 – 30.08.1806
Special envoy in Warsaw and Dresden (to Napoleon): 10.01.1807 –
20.07.1807
Special envoy in Erfurt and Paris (to Napoleon): 29.09.1808 – 13.11.1808
Governor-General in Belgium: 29.03.1814 1 – 01.08.1814
Minister plenipotentiary in Paris (France): 30.08.1814 / 29.11.1814 2 – 21.03.1815 3
Envoy extraordinary and Minister plenipotentiary in Paris (France): 21.05.1815 – 01.03.
1826 4
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 19.12.1790 / CC: 28.05.1806
Order of St. Stephen – GC: 1825
Order of Leopold – CC: 07.01.1809 / GC: 08.05.1815
Colonel-Proprietor of the Chevauxleger Regiment N°4: 1806 – 07.10.1834
I.R. Privy Councillor: ~ 1810
I.R. Chamberlain: 1797
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
France:
Military Order of St. Louis – CC: 29.05.1816 (?)
Great Britain:
Order of the Bath – CC: 1819
Naples-Sicily:
Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit – GC: 1821
Netherlands:
Military Order of William – GC: 03.08.1815 5
Sweden:
Military Order of the Sword – GC: ~1814
Spain:
Order of Charles III. – GC: 1825
Biographical Essay (by Digby Smith)
Karl Freiherr von Vincent was born in 1757 in Florence. Not much is known of
his early military career. In 1790 he was a captain in Chevauxleger Regiment
N°31 "Latour" in Flanders. On 19 December 1790, he was awarded the Military
Maria Theresian Order (KC) for his part in putting down the rebellion in that
province. In mid 1794, Vincent was promoted to Major and appointed ADC to FZM
Graf von Clerfayt, commander of the Army of the Lower Rhine. Next year, Major
Baron Vincent was transferred to the Army of the Upper Rhine, to act again, as
ADC, this time to GdK Graf Wurmser. He was several times distinguished in the
fighting around Mannheim, for which he was promoted to Oberstleutnant in the
August 1796. In the short campaign of 1797, he served in a cavalry brigade under
GM Graf von Merveldt and received his promotion to Oberst and Adjutant General
to the Emperor. In 1799 Vincent was transferred to Dragoon Regiment "Savoy" N°15
and the following year appointed to commander of the Dragoon Regiment N°13.
On 29 October 1800, he was promoted to Generalmajor.
In 1800 he commanded a cavalry brigade in Erzherzog Ferdinand's division of the
Right Wing in the battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December. The campiagn of 1805 Vincent
served in Italy in Lothringen's cavalry division in and commanded the rearguard
brigade at Gorizia on 16 November, where he beat back all French attempts (Marshall
Massena) to cross the Isonzo that day. In 1806 he was made Colonel Proprietor
of the Chevauxleger Regiment N° 4 and on 28 May of that year, he was awarded
the Commander's Cross of the MMTO. On 14 August 1808 Vincent was promoted to
Feldmarschalleutnant.
At the beginning of the campaign of he served in Southern Germany 1809 and on
2 May 1809, he commanded a division in FZM Hiller's VI Corps at Ebelsberg; it
consisted of an infantry and a cavalry brigade. At Aspern, he commanded another
mixed division in VI Corps, and again at Wagram. In 1815 he was the Austrian
observer at the battle of Waterloo and where he was wounded. On 18 November 1818,
the Emperor promoted Vincent to General der Kavallerie. He died on 7 October
1834 in Bioncourt (Lorraine).
Printed Sources
ADB 39, p.732ff. | Guillaume, p.173 | Hirtenfeld
2, p.767ff. | MilSchem | Petiot,
p.507f. (wrong: marr. 1782) | Repertorium
3, p.276 | Schwarz, Christa: Nicolas-Charles
Baron de Vincent. Ein österreichischer Diplomat in Frankreich im Zeitalter
der Restauration, Ph.D. thesis, Vienna, 1972 | Townsend,
p.194 | Wengen, DR13, pp.574, 576 (wrong:
b. "Briancourt", 11.10.1834) | Wrede
3, p.222 | Wrede (6), p.18 | Wurzbach
51, p.17ff. (wrong: d. 14.10.1834) | WZ,
03.09.1808, 11.01.1809, 19.04.1814, 13.08.1814, 30.05.1815 | Zivkovic,
Generalität, p.40
Internet Sources
Ebert [http://www.napoleon-online.de/AU_Generale/html/vincent.html] (wrong: d.
14.10.1834)
Jewison/Steiner
Saint-Louis
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Uythoven
Notes
1) Actual accession of the office on 05.05.1814
2) From 30.08.1814 to 29.11.1814 minister w/o character
3) Date of the last report to Vienna
4) Matsch: 01.07.1815 – 17.03.1825 (?)
5) Not mentioned in the MilSchem (!)
| V16 |
Vinchant
de Gontroeul, Karl Franz Johann August Graf |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: after 1794
Name Variants
(French) Charles-Françoise-Jean-Augustin
Comte de Vinchant de Gontroeul
also: Gontreuil, Contreuil, Gontreul
Family Status
Father of V17
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 19.01.1771 (w.r.f. 24.09.1761)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem (last entry in year 1794)
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V17 |
Vinchant
de Gontroeul, Karl Philipp Graf |
Personal Information
Born: Mons (Bergen) / Austrian Netherlands, 05.07.1755
Died: Vienna, 15.07.1798
Name Variants
(French) Charles-Philippe-Joseph-Antoine
Comte de Vinchant de Gontroeul
also: Gontreuil, Contreuil, Gontreul
Family Status
Son of V16
Promotions
Major: 04.1786
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst: 07.1790
Generalmajor: 04.03.1796 (w.r.f. 01.09.1794)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 07.07.1794 / CC: 15.04.1797
I.R. Chamberlain
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Guillaume, pp.155, 270, 381 | Hirtenfeld
1, p.512ff. (wrong: b. 1753) | MilSchem | Wurzbach
51, p.22ff. (wrong: b. 1753)
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V18 |
Vlassits,
Franz von
Vlassits, Franz Freiherr
von, Banus von Kroatien |
Personal Information
Born: Dombóvár / Com. Tolna / Hungary, 24.04.1766
Died: Agram (Zagreb) / Croatia, 16.05.1840
Promotions
Major: 09.01.1804
Oberstleutnant: 01.1806
Oberst: 20.07.1808
Generalmajor: 30.03.1813
Feldmarschalleutnant: 03.07.1824
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Banus (= Viceroy) and Captain-General of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia: 02.1832 – 16.05.1840
Commanding General in Slavonia and Syrmia: 11.1831 – 02.1832
Commanding General in the Banal-Warasdin-Karlstadt Military Border: 02.1832 –
16.05.1840
Elevation of Social Status
Freiherr: 02.1832
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 08.11.1813
Order of Leopold – GC: 1836
Colonel-Proprietor of the Uhlan Regiment N°2: 1828 – 16.05.1840
Colonel-Proprietor of the Grenz Infantry Regiments N°10 "Erstes Banal" and
N°11 "Zweites Banal": 02.1832 – 16.05.1840
I.R. Privy Councillor
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Amon, HR1, pp.211, 223ff., 496 | Hirtenfeld
2, p.1255ff. | MilSchem | Wrede
3, p.325 | Wurzbach 51, p.106ff. | WZ,
03.08.1808, 08.06.1813 | Zivkovic, Heerführer,
pp.67, 68
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Ödenburg (Sopron) / Hungary, 09.11.1822
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 04.10.1799 (w.r.f. 27.09.1799)
Retired: 1805
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Decoration of the Elisabeth Theresian Military Foundation: 1807
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Auer, N°337 | MilSchem | (Wurzbach
51, p.164)
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V20 |
Vogelhuber,
Joseph von |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Ofen (Buda) / Hungary, 21.03.1822
Promotions
Major: 1779
Oberstleutnant: 1789
Oberst: 1793
Generalmajor: 24.04.1797 (w.r.f. 05.06.1797)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 01.05.1807
Feldzeugmeister (title): 27.04.1813
Retired: 27.04.1813
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Gatti, ArtAk, p.71 | MilSchem | WZ,
04.07.1807, 11.05.1813, 08.06.1813
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V21 |
Vogelsang,
Ludwig Ritter von
Vogelsang, Ludwig Freiherr
von |
Personal Information
Born: Brussels (Bruxelles) / Austrian Netherlands, 12.12.1748
Died: Josephstadt (Josefov u Jaromere) / Bohemia, 28.06.1822
Family Status
Married: Henriette-Victoire Sanchez de Aguilar
Promotions
Major: 1788
Oberstleutnant: 1790
Oberst: 1791
Generalmajor: 04.03.1796 (w.r.f. 16.02.1795)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 06.03.1800 (w.r.f. 16.09.1799)
Feldzeugmeister: 27.05.1809
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Fortress Commandant of Josephstadt: 1810 – 07.1813
Fortress Governor of Josephstadt: 07.1813 – 28.06.1822
Elevation of Social Status
Freiherr: 25.02.1793
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 19.12.1790
Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°47: 18.11.1805 – 28.06.1822
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Biographical Essay (by Digby Smith)
Ludwig Ritter (later: Freiherr) von Vogelsang was born on 12 December 1748 in
Brussels. On 4 March 1796, he was promoted to Generalmajor; he served in Germany
in Werneck's Reserve, under Erzherzog Carl in the Army of the Lower Rhine, and
was at the battle of Würzburg as commander of a grenadier brigade. On 6
March 1800 Vogelsang received his promotion to Feldmarschalleutnant and was put
in commanded of a division in northwestern Italy. He took part in the siege of
Genoa and later commanded a division of FML Ott's Left Column at Marengo on 14
June 1800. In 1805, he fought in the centre of the army in Italy, commanding
a division. On 27 May 1809, he was promoted to Feldzeugmeister. He died on 28
June 1822.
Printed Sources
ADB 40, p.156ff. | Amon, IR47, pp.442,
537ff. | Englebert N°36 | Frank
5, p.166 | Guillaume, pp.154f., 270 | Hirtenfeld
1, p.321f. | MD 8, p.268 | MilSchem | Ritter,
p.248ff. | Wrede 1, p.444 | Wurzbach
51, p.204ff. | WZ, 15.08.1810, 14.10.1813 | Zivkovic,
Generalität, p.38
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| V22 |
Voikovich
de Voikffy et Klocsok, Christoph Graf |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: 1792
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 05.12.1772
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem ("Voicsy")
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Personal Information
Born: Balassa-Gyarmáth / Com. Neograd (Nógrád) / Hungary,
17751
Died: Linz / Upper Austria, 05.04.1824
Promotions
Major: 06.1797
Oberstleutnant: 1805
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 02.09.1813
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 24.10.1809
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
Bavaria:
Military Order of Maximilian Joseph – KC: 1814
Prussia:
Order of the Red Eagle 2nd cl.
Russia:
Order of St. Vladimir 3rd cl.
Printed Sources
Hirtenfeld 2, p.900ff. | MilSchem | Wurzbach
51, p.253ff. | WZ, 09.09.1813
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1) Schmidt-Brentano: 1765 (?)
| V24 |
Vukassovich,
Joseph Philipp von
Vukassovich, Joseph Philipp
Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: St. Peter in der Lika (Ličko Petrovo Selo) / Croatia, 1755
Died: WIA Wagram / Lower Austria, 06.07.1809 à Vienna,
09.08.1809
Name Variants
also: Wukassovich, Vukasović
Family Status
Married: Johanna Pulcheria Gräfin Malfatti von Kriegsfeld (1779-1854)
Promotions
Major: 1788
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst: 1794
Generalmajor: 02.05.1796 (w.r.f. 23.05.1796)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 02.10.1799 (w.r.f. 07.10.1799)
Field Service (1792-1815)
Commander of the (autonomous) Corps in Southern Tyrol: 06.1800 – 01.1801
Commander of the Austrian forces at the combat of Verona: 18.10.1805 (–)
Elevation of Social Status
Freiherr: 10.12.1788
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 15.11.1788
Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°48: 07.1799 – 09.08.1809
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Biographical Essay (by Digby Smith)
Joseph Philipp von (later: Freiherr von) Vukassovich, son of an officer in a
Grenz Infantry Regiment, was born in 1755 in Sankt Peter, in the Lika border
province. He was educated in a military engineer school. In 1775 he joined a
Grenz Infantry Regiment and five years later he was promoted to Oberleutnant.
In 1787, at the outbreak of the war with the Turks, Vukassovich was a captain
in the Grenz Infanterie Regiment "Licaner" N°1. He soon proved himself in
the numerous clashes with the Turks in Montenegro and Hercegovina, and on 15
November 1788 (now a major) he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military
Maria Theresian Order. In 1789 he raised the Freikorps Gyulai, which soon reached
a strength of 3,000 men in 12 companies of infantry and 4 squadrons of hussars.
As commander, he was promoted to Oberst and served with this unit until returning
to the Licaner Grenz Regiment in 1790. In the wars of the 1st Coalition, he served
in northern Italy, on the Mediterranean coast. He was distinguished in the defeat
of Loano (23-24 November 1795), where his spirited defence of the monastry of
Certosa (Chartreuse) held up the French for so long.
The next Vukassovich commanded a brigade in Mercy d'Argentau's division in northern
Italy, even though still a colonel. He fought at Dego on 15 April; initially
with success, but Napoleon brought up La Harpe's division and Victor's brigade
and finally won the contest. A fatal error in the dates in his orders had caused
him to come into action one day later than intended. After his promotion to Generalmajor
(5 May 1796) Vukassovich passed with his brigade over the Adda bridge at Lodi
(10 May), just before the French attacked it. When the Austrian Mincio line was
broken at Borghetto on 30 May, he withdrew north, up into the Tyrol. He now became
part of Davidovich's Corps of the Tyrol. At the second attempt to relieve Mantua,
Vukassovich was poised to advance down the Etsch on 3 September. By some mischance,
Napoleon came to know the Austrian plan and mounted a pre-emptive strike at Davidovich.
On 4 September, Massena and Vaubois attacked Davidovich and drove him out of
Roveredo with the loss of 3,000 men and 25 Guns. On 5 September, Massena entered
Trient and Davidovich was pushed from behind the River Lava to Neumarkt up the
Etsch. Vukassovich fought in the Austrian victories at Cembra and Calliano (2-7
November), at Rivoli on 17 November and in the defeat there on 22 of that month.
GM Vukassovich then commanded an assault column in the disaster at Rivoli on
14-15 January 1797, in Alvinczy's final attempt to relieve Mantua. On the first
day of the battle, he was on the left wing at Somano on the Etsch, and fought
against the 39e Demi Brigade.
On 28 April 1799, in the clash at Verdiero, GM Vukassovich had caused GdD Jean-Mathieu-Philibert
Serurier to surrender with 2,700 men. He then commanded the advance guard and
took Novara, Vercelli, Ivrea, Casale, Cherasco, relieved Ceva and took Mondovi.
In July 1799 Vukassovich was appointed Colonel Proprietor of Infantry Regiment
N°48 and on 2 October 1799, he was promoted to Feldmarschalleutnant, commanding
a division in Locarno. At the start of the Marengo campaign, his unit was deployed
in Bellinzola, to block the St. Gotthard Pass. In the event, he was cut off and
had to retreat to Milan. He took no part in the siege of Genoa and was not at
Marengo.
In 1805, he was again in Italy, commanding a division in Bellegarde's right wing.
Despite being warned by Erzherzog Carl, not to get involved in a serious combat
at Verona, he insisted in attacking the place on 18 October and was soundly defeated
by Massena. He was relieved of his command on 24 October and replaced by Orsini-Rosenberg.
In his last campaign of 1809 Vukassovich fought at Aspern and was mortally wounded
at Wagram, commanding a division in III Corps, in the defence of Süssenbrunn.
He finally died one month later on 9 August 1809 in Vienna.
Printed Sources
ADB 40, p.375ff. | Allmayer-Beck, p.78 | Bodart,
p.365 | Frank 5, p.171 | Gatti,
IngAk, p.242f. | Hirtenfeld 1, p.237f. | Hold,
IR48, pp.14, 66f. | Hollins, p.29ff. | Leitner
2, p.111ff. | MilSchem | Wrede
1, p.453 | Wurzbach 52, p.22ff. | Zivkovic,
Heerführer, p.129
Internet Sources
Ebert [http://www.napoleon-online.de/AU_Generale/html/vukassovich.html] (wrong:
GM on 01.09.1796)
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale (retired: 1800 ?)
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