|
By Leopold
Kudrna, with Biographical Essays by Digby Smith.
Austrian
Generals
1792-1815
P
Paar to Putnik
| P1 |
Paar,
(Johann) Karl Graf von
Paar,
(Johann) Karl Fürst von |
Personal Information
Born: Vienna, 15.06.1772
Died: Vienna, 30.12.1819
Family Status
Married: 1805 Maria Aloisia Gräfin Cavriani
(1783-1861)
Promotions
Major: 05.1797
Oberstleutnant: 26.09.1799
Oberst: 26.10.1800
Generalmajor: 08.04.18061 (w.r.f.
20.05.1805)
Quit: 04.1806
Reactivated: 1809
Retired: 1810
Elevation of Social Status
Fürst: 1800
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 18.08.1801
Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°43:
01.1815 – 30.12.1819
I.R. Privy Councillor: 01.1815
I.R. Chamberlain
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
Prussia:
Order of the Red Eagle 1st cl.
Russia:
Order of St. Vladimir 4th cl.: 08./09.1813
Printed Sources
Dragoni, IR45, pp.210, 215, 218ff., 224 | Hirtenfeld
1, p.635f. | MD 4, p.86 (wrong: b. 1773) | MilSchem | Wrede
1, p.426 | Wurzbach 21, p.150f. | WZ, 18.09.1813
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Marek (http://genealogy.euweb.cz/paar/paar3.html)
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Dragoni, IR45, p.220: 07.04.1806 (?)
| P2 |
Pach,
Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: 21.05.1754
Died: (Graz / Styria ?), 05.06.1818
Name Variants
also: Bach
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant: 12.05.1801
Oberst: 15.02.1806
Generalmajor: 17.06.18091
Retired: 1809
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Dragoni, IR45, p.224 | MilSchem | WZ,
25.11.1809
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Dragoni, IR45, p.224: 03.07.1809 (?)
| P3 |
Pachta
von Reyhofen und Buckau, Johann Joseph Philipp Graf |
Personal Information
Born: 1723
Died: Prague (Praha) / Bohemia, 17.03.1822
Promotions
Major: 01.11.1751
Oberstleutnant: 30.03.1757
Oberst: 03.05.1758
Generalmajor: 25.03.1762 (w.r.f. 06.05.1759)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
I.R. Chamberlain
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Dedekind, DR11, pp.156, 182, 664, 757 | MilSchem | ÖBL
7, p.284 | Wurzbach 21, p.169f.
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Milan (Milano) / Lombardy, 04.10.1849
Name Variants
(Italian) Giulio Paini
Promotions
Italy:
General of Brigade:
Into
Austrian service: 1814
Generalmajor: 02.07.1814
Retired: 22.05.1816
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
–
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
France:
Order of the Légion d'Honneur – KC
Italy
(France):
Order of the Iron Crown 3rd cl.
Printed Sources
MilSchem | WZ, 07.08.1814
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P5 |
Palásty
de Palást et Keszihócz, Franz Stephan Graf |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: 07.11.1796
Name Variants
also: Pallasty de Pallast
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 19.01.1771 (w.r.f. 14.02.1759)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P6 |
Palásty
de Palást et Keszihócz, Michael Graf |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: ?
Name Variants
also: Pallasty de Pallast
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 24.04.1784 (w.r.f. 22.04.1784)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P7 |
Pálffy
ab Erdöd, Leopold (IV.) Graf |
Personal Information
Born: Preßburg (Pozsony, Bratislava)
/ Hungary, 24.06.1764
Died: Preßburg (Pozsony, Bratislava)
/ Hungary, 24.02.1825
Family Status
Married: 1802 Charlotte Freiin Jöchlinger
von Jochenstein (1778-1851)
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 02.10.1799
Feldmarschalleutnant (title): 10.10.1806
Quit: 10.10.1806
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
I.R. Privy Councillor
I.R. Chamberlain
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
MD 4, p.89 | MilSchem | Nekrolog
1825/2, p.1619 | (Wurzbach 21, p.204:
genealogical table)
Internet Sources
Marek (http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/palffy3.html)
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P8 |
Pálffy
ab Erdöd, Nikolaus Joseph Franz de Paula Graf |
Personal Information
Born: 03.12.1765
Died: KIA Romano in the Aosta Valley / Piedmont,
26.05.1800
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst: 1794
Generalmajor: 21.09.1796 (w.r.f. 20.10.1796)
Chivalric Order
Knight of the Order of Malta
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Allmayer-Beck, p.76 | MD
4, p.89 | MilSchem | Victorin,
DR7, pp.210, 403 | Wurzbach 21, p.215
Internet Sources
Marek (http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/palffy2.html)
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P9 |
Palombini,
Joseph Friedrich
Palombini,
Joseph Friedrich Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: Rome (Roma) / Papal State, 03.12.1774
Died: Grochwitz / Saxony, 25.04.1850
Name Variants
(Italian) Giuseppe Palombini
Family Status
Married: 1806 Josefine Antonie Caroline von Dabrowski
(1788-1855)
Promotions
Italy:
General of Brigade: 1801
General of Division: 1811
Into
Austrian service: 1814
Feldmarschalleutnant: 02.07.1814
Retired: 08.10.1824
Elevation of Social Status
France:
Baron (by elevation of his father): 1804/-/1814
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Order of the Iron Crown 2nd cl.: 12.02.1816
Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°36:
1817 – 25.04.1850
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
France:
Order of the Légion d'Honneur – OC
Italy
(France):
Order of the Iron Crown – CC
Prussia:
Order of the Red Eagle 1st cl.: 1846/47
Printed Sources
Lombroso, p.321ff. | MD 8, p.94 (wrong: d.
05.04.1850) | MilSchem | Soldatenfreund, year 1850, N°53 (from
02.05.1850), p.239 and N°72 (from 15.06.1850), p.324 | Wurzbach 21,
p.250ff. (wrong: d. 05.04.1850) | WZ, 07.08.1814, 20.02.1816
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P10 |
Paolucci
delle Roncole, Amilkar Marchese |
Personal Information
Born: Modena, 1773
Died: Padua / Venetia, 17.03.1845
Name Variants
also: Paulucci
Family Status
Married: Maria Maddalena Nicolina Contessa Malacrida
Promotions
Italy:
General of Brigade: 10.12.1813
Into
Austrian service: 02.07.1814
Generalmajor: 02.07.1814 à Konter-Admiral:
24.07.1829
Vize-Admiral: 11.01.1830
Retired: 21.08.1844
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Commander of the Austrian Navy: 10.02.1824 – 21.08.18441
Elevation of Social Status
Approval of the Italian title "Marchese": 12.03.1838
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Order of Leopold – CC: 01.06.1827
Order of the Iron Crown 3rd cl.: 24.04.1819
I.R. Privy Councillor: 20.06.1834
I.R. Chamberlain: 31.01.1815 (swearing-in: 04.02.1815)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
Italy
(France):
Order of the Iron Crown – KC: 01.05.1806
Naples-Sicily:
Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit – KC: 31.10.1822
Military Order of St. George and of the Reunion – GC:
1821
Order of Francis I. – CC: 05.04.1840
Papal
State:
Order of Christ: 01.06.1827
Order of St. Gregor – GC: 31.03.1839
Portugal:
Order of Christ – KC: 17.08.1829 (date of confirmant:
19.12.1826)
Printed Sources
MilSchem | Schmidt-Brentano, Admirale, p.12ff. | WZ,
07.08.1814
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Date of the handing over of command: 21.08.1844
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: 09.07.1816
Promotions
Major: 1800
Oberstleutnant: 1809
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 28.05.1813
Retired: 07.10.1815
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem | WZ
02.12.1809, 01.07.1813
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P12 |
Papp,
Ludwig von
Papp de Veszprim,
Ludwig Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: Prague (Praha) / Bohemia, 1751
Died: Arad / Hungary, 04.02.1814
Promotions
Major: 04.1799
Oberstleutnant: 1800
Oberst: 1806
Generalmajor: 17.06.1809
Retired: 1809
Elevation of Social Status
Freiherr: 12.10.1813 (with predicate: "de Veszprim")
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC:
18.08.1801
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Blažekovič, IR31, I, pp.226, 242,
263 / II, p.370 (wrong: b. 1750) | Frank
4, p.33 | Frank-Döfering, 3165 | Hirtenfeld
1, p.678f. | MilSchem | Wurzbach
21, p.280 | WZ, 25.11.1809, 29.06.1814
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P13 |
Paulich,
Franz Xaver
Paulich,
Franz Xaver von |
Personal Information
Born: around 1727
Died: Vienna, 09.10.1800
Promotions
Major: 1762
Oberstleutnant: 1773
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 09.09.1786 (w.r.f. 06.09.1786)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 27.02.1793
Elevation of Social Status
plain nobility: 29.09.1790
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Decoration of the Elisabeth Theresian Military
Foundation: 1782
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Auer, N°206 | Frank
4, p.40 | Megerle, p.304 | MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P14 |
Paumgartten,
Maximilian Sigmund Joseph von
Paumgartten,
Maximilian Sigmund Joseph Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: Grieshof near Gnas / Styria, 26.10.1767
Died: Vienna, 01.01.1827
Name Variants
also: Baumgarten
Family Status
Married: 1817 Josephine Caroline von Hierling
Promotions
Major: 25.09.17991
Oberstleutnant: 11.11.1805
Oberst: 31.08.1808
Generalmajor: 30.03.18132
Feldmarschalleutnant: 08.10.1824
Elevation of Social Status
Freiherr: 09.09.1822
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Tyrolian Grand Medal for Bravery3:
1799
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Amon, HR10, p.266f., 268, 273 | Dedekind,
DR11, pp.328, 670 | Frank 4, p.42 | Frank-Döfering, 3234 | Leitner
2, p.149f. | MD 4, p.99 | MilSchem | ÖMZ, year 1829,
vol.3, p.52ff.: Philipp von Weikersreuter: Nekrolog des k.k. Feldmarschalllieutenants
Maximilian Sigmund Joseph Freiherrn von Paumgartten (wrong: GM in 04.1813) | Riedl,
UR3, p.298 | Svoboda 1, col.153f. (wrong: Oberst in 1809) | Wurzbach
21, p.377f. | WZ, 08.06.1813
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Amon, HR10, p.273: 25.10.1799 (?)
2)
Amon, HR10, p.273: 15.04.1813 (?)
3) ÖMZ,
p.61: "Die Tiroler Stände, und der Landesgouverneur ... beehrten ihn mit
der großen und kleinen Landesmedaille ..." (?)
| P15 |
Pausch,
Karl
Pausch von Lhotta,
Karl Ritter
Pausch von Werthland,
Karl Ritter |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Verona / Venetia, 27.03.1845
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 27.02.1814
Feldmarschalleutnant: 01.04.1830
Feldzeugmeister (title a.h.): 30.10.1844
Elevation of Social Status
Ritter: 09.10.1815 (with predicate: "von Lhotta")
Change of predicate to "von Werthland": 04.12.1829
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
2nd Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°16:
? – 27.03.1845
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
Papal
State:
Order of Christ: 1839
Parma:
Constantinian Order of St. George – CC: 1838
Russia:
Order of St. Vladimir 3rd cl.: 1813
Printed Sources
Frank 6701 | Frank 4, p.43 | Frank-Döfering,
3236 | MilSchem | WZ, 20.02.1814, 29.06.1814 | Zivkovic,
Generalität, p.42
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P16 |
Péchy
de Péch-Ujfalu, Michael |
Personal Information
Born: Hatvan (n.l.) / Com. Somogy or Com.
Heves / Hungary, 1755
Died: Fejerszek (n.l.) / Transylvania, 10.02.18191
Promotions
Major: 1800
Oberstleutnant: 1805
Oberst: 01./02.1809
Generalmajor: 26.07.1813
Retired: 19.05.1815
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Blasek/Rieger 1/I, p.396 | Gatti, IngAk, p.306 | MilSchem | WZ,
11.02.1809, 31.07.1813, 14.10.1813
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Schmidt-Brentano: 12./22.02.1819 (?)
| P17 |
Peharnik
von Hotkovich, Daniel
Peharnik von
Hotkovich, Daniel Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: Vuksin sipak near Karlovac / Croatia,
1745
Died: Vienna, 04.09.1794
Promotions
Major: 1773
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst: 1783
Generalmajor: 13.09.1789 (w.r.f. 12.09.1789)
Elevation of Social Status
Freiherr: 12.08.1791
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC:
19.12.1790
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Frank 4, p.47 | Hirtenfeld
1, p.330f. | MilSchem | Wurzbach
21, p.427
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P18 |
Pejácsevich
de Veröcze, Anton
Pejácsevich
de Veröcze, Anton Graf |
Personal Information
Born: Esseg (Osjek, Eszék) / Slavonia, 17501
Died: Verbetitz (n.l.) / Slavonia, 25.09.1802
Family Status
Married: Barbara Gräfin Draskovich de Trakostyán
Promotions
Major: 01.1773
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst: 04.1786
Generalmajor: 27.02.1793 (w.r.f. 27.06.1791)
Feldmarschalleutnant (a.h.): 24.06.1801 (w.r.f. 14.06.1801)
Retired: 24.06.1801
Elevation of Social Status
Graf: 07.1772
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 19.12.1790
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Hirtenfeld 1, p.306 | MilSchem | Wurzbach
21, p.434f.
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Marek (http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/pejacs2.html)
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Marek / Schmidt-Brentano (also): 1749 (?)
| P19 |
Pellegrini,
Karl Clemens Graf von |
Personal Information
Born: Verona / Venetia, 20.11.1720
Died: Vienna, 28.05.17961
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 15.02.1759
Feldmarschalleutnant: 17.11.1763 (27.01.1760 ? or w.r.f.
27.01.1760 ?)
Feldzeugmeister: 19.01.1771 (w.r.f. 30.10.1770)
Feldmarschall: 24.09.1788 (w.r.f. 20.09.1788)
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Vice-Director-General of Engineering and Fortifications2:
09./15.10.1770 – 25.10.1780
Supreme Director of the Academy of Engineers: 09./15.10.1770 – 28.05.1796
Director-General of Engineering and Fortifications:
25.10.1780 – 28.05.1796
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Order of the Golden Fleece: 21.11.1792
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 04.12.1758
/ CC: 15.10.1765 / GC: 12.10.1789
Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°49:
1767 – 28.05.1796
I.R. Privy Councillor
I.R. Chamberlain
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
ADB 25, p.331f. | Blasek/Rieger 1, pp.43f.,
75, 277f. | Gatti, IngAk, p.244f. | Hirtenfeld 1, p.252f. | MD
8, p.101 | Megerle, p.305f. (wrong: d. 08.06.1796) | MilSchem,
especially year 1797, p.225ff. | Reilly, Feldherren, p.395f. | Vlies-Orden,
p.186, N°840 | Wrede 1, p.459 | Wurzbach 21, p.440ff. | Zivkovic,
Generalität, pp.13, 33 | Zivkovic, Heerführer, pp.13, 23, 36
Internet Sources
Boettger
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Hirtenfeld / MD / Wurzbach / Gatti / Schmidt-Brentano: 28.11.1796 (?)
2)
Also: Commander of the Corps of Engineers, Sappers and Miners
| P20 |
Penzeneter,
Johann
Penzeneter von
Penzenstein, Johann
Penzeneter von
Penzenstein, Johann Ritter |
Personal Information
Born: Vienna, 1731
Died: Vienna, 21.05.1796
Name Variants
also: Pentzeneter
Promotions
Major: 1760
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst: 1774
Generalmajor: 10.04.1783 (w.r.f. 07.05.1783)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 06.05.1790
Elevation of Social Status
plain nobility: 09.01.1754 (with predicate: "von
Penzenstein")
Ritter1: after 1792
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – CC: 07.07.1794
Colonel-Proprietor of the Artillery Regiment N°1:
1779 – 21.05.1796
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Frank 4, p.51 | Gatti, IngAk, p.102f. | Hirtenfeld
1, p.411f. | MD 8, p.102 | MilSchem | (Wrede) 4, p.466 | Wurzbach
21, p.459
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Schmidt-Brentano: "Freiherr" (?)
| P21 |
Peterffy
de Ikáts, Karl |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: 07.06.1812
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 21.11.1804 (w.r.f. 09.11.1803)
Retired: 1809
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P22 |
Petrasch,
Ernst Gottlieb von
Petrasch,
Ernst Gottlieb Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: Teschen
(Český Těšín / Cieszyn) / Austrian Silesia, 1708
Died: Vienna, 30.06.1792
Family Status
Father of P23
Married: Elisabeth von Fritz
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 21.09.1760
Elevation of Social Status
Freiherr: 30.01.1767
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Doerr, p.251 | Frank
4, p.60 | MilSchem | Wurzbach
22, p.104f.
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P23 |
Petrasch,
Franz von
Petrasch,
Franz Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: "Perron" (n.l.), 1746
Died: Vienna, 17.01.1820
Family Status
Son of P22
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 10.1793
Feldmarschalleutnant: 17.02.1796
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Fortress Governor of Mannheim: 1796
Fortress Commandant of Ulm: 1800
Field Service (1792-1815)
Commander of the Austrian Forces at the battle of
Maudach: 15.06.1796 (–)
Commander of the Austrian Forces at the battle of
Kehl: 18.09.1796 (–)
Commander of the (autonomous) Corps in Vorarlberg
/ in the Tyrol: 09.1799 –
03.1800
Elevation of Social Status
Freiherr (by elevation of P22): 30.01.1767
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Biographical Essay (by Digby Smith)
Franz von (Freiherr since ) Petrasch was born in
1746 in Perron.
From 1785-88 he was an Oberstleutnant and commander of a grenadier battalion.
In 1792, he was an Oberst, commanding Infantry Regiment "De Vins" N°37
in Flanders. He was distinguished several times in combat. In October 1793, he
received his promotion to Generalmajor. Early next year, he commanded
an infantry brigade, operating with the Duke of York, under Sachsen-Coburg in
the Netherlands.
On 17 February 1796, Petrasch was promoted to Feldmarschalleutnant in
the Army of the Upper Rhine. In this year, he was appointed commandant of Mannheim
fortress. On 18 September he was in front of the fortress of Kehl and on the
River Neckar and launched an assault, which was beaten off with loss. On 19 October,
he commanded one of the assault columns in the victorious battle of Emmendingen
under FZM Graf von Wartensleben. When Wartensleben was wounded, Petrasch took
command of the column. In 1797 he was also on the upper Rhine.
In 1799 FML Petrasch commanded a division under Erzherzog
Carl and fought at Stockach (25 March), on the right wing, near Liptingen. He
was then under FML Hotze in the clashes of Frauenfeld (25 May), Winterthur (27
May). In the 1st battle of Zürich (4 June), he was on the left wing, at
Wallisellen. When Hotze was wounded in the assault on Mount Zürich, he handed
over command to Petrasch. In August 1799, Erzherzog Carl took most of the army
north into Swabia. Petrasch remained in Switzerland, as second in command of
Hotze's Austrian corps (11 battalions, 10 squadrons, 10,000 men), cooperating
with the Russians under GL Rimskij-Korsakov.
When Hotze was killed whilst on a reconnaissance
ride on 25 September in the second battle of Zürich, Petrasch took over
command and withdrew to Feldkirch, losing 5,000 men, 25 guns and 4 colours. In
1800, he was appointed commandant of Ulm fortress. He died on 17 January 1820
in Vienna.
Printed Sources
Bodart, pp.308, 314 | Frank 4, p.60 | MilSchem | (Wurzbach
22, p.105) | Zivkovic, Heerführer, p.129
Internet Sources
Ebert (http://www.napoleon-online.de/AU_Generale/html/petrasch.html)
(wrong: GM in 1794)
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P24 |
Petrich
de Hanusfalva, Andreas |
Personal Information
Born: 25.11.1765
Died: Ofen (Buda) / Hungary, 02.10.1842
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 18.11.18091
Feldmarschalleutnant: 03.07.1824
Retired: 27.02.1830
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Kisfaludy, p.251 | MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1) Kisfaludy: Announcement
of the promotion with order of the day by Archduke-Palatin Joseph from 03.12.1809
| P25 |
Pettenegg,
Achatius von |
Personal Information
Born: around 1737
Died: Ungarisch Hradisch (Uherské Hradiště)
/ Moravia, 17.06.18001
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 28.01.1791
Retired: 28.01.1791
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
MilSchem, year 1801, p.279: 09.1800 (?)
| P26 |
Peusquens,
Hubert von |
Personal Information
Born: 1759
Died: Vienna, 25.05.1831
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 24.05.1809
Feldmarschalleutnant: 04.09.1813
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Order of St. Stephen – KC: 1824
I.R. Privy Councillor: 1827
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
MilSchem | WZ,
28.09.1813
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Szentváry-Lukács
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Mantua / Lombardy, 20.12.1824
Name Variants
(Italian) Luigi Conte di Peyri
Promotions
Italy:
General of Brigade:
General of Division:
Into
Austrian service: 01.04.1815
Feldmarschalleutnant: 01.04.1815
Retired: 1815
Elevation of Social Status
Approval of the Italian nobility and titel of count:
13.02.1817
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
–
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
France:
Order of the Légion d'Honneur – KC
Italy
(France):
Order of the Iron Crown – CC
Printed Sources
Frank-Döfering, 3319 | MilSchem | WZ,
15.04.1815
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P28 |
Pfanzelter,
Joseph von |
Personal Information
Born: Mecheln (Mechelen) / Austrian Netherlands,
14.02.1754
Died: Peterwardein (Petrovaradin, Pétervarád)
/ Slavonia, 20.10.1817
Promotions
Major: 1795
Oberstleutnant: 1797
Oberst: (20.02.?)1800
Generalmajor: 18061 (w.r.f.
18.04.1805)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 13.12.1811
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Commanding General ad interim in the Warasdin
Military Border: 1812 –
07.1813
Adlatus of the Commanding General in the Warasdin
Military Border: 07.1813 –
06.1814
Fortress Commandant of Peterwardein: 1816 – 20.10.1817
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
2nd Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°26:
1815 – 20.10.1817
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
Sardinia-Piedmont:
Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus – GC
Printed Sources
Janota, IR56, pp.144, 159 | Leitner 2, p.97 | MilSchem | Svoboda
1, col.89 | Wrede 1, p.300 | Wurzbach 22, p.164f. | Zivkovic,
Heerführer, p.65
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Janota, IR56, p.159: 1805 (?)
| P29 |
Pfefferkorn
von Ottenbach, Karl Johann Nepomuk Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: around 1725
Died: Ödenburg (Sopron) / Hungary, 28.02.18101
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 10.04.1783 (w.r.f. 17.04.1783)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 16.01.1790 (w.r.f. 06.02.1790)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Schmidt-Brentano: 28.02.1809 (?)
| P30 |
Pflacher,
Franz Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: Passau / Passau (prince-bishopric), 12.10.1745
Died: Prague (Praha) / Bohemia, 05.11.1815
Promotions
Major: 18.11.1797
Oberstleutnant: 04.08.1800
Oberst: 01.12.18001
Generalmajor: 23.06.1808 (w.r.f. 17.08.1805)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 27.04.1813
Retired: 1814
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
City and Fortress Commandant of Prague: 1813/14 (– 05.11.1815
?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Blažekovič,
IR31, I, p.248 | Leitner
2, p.80f. | MilSchem | Svoboda 1, col.49 | WZ, 09.07.1808,
11.05.1813, 08.06.1813
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
1801 (?)
| P31 |
Pflüger,
Philipp
Pflüger
von Lindenfels, Philipp
Pflüger
von Lindenfels, Philipp Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: Trautenau (Trutnov) / Bohemia, 23.10.1761
Died: Graz / Styria, 25.06.1837
Promotions
Major: 1801
Oberstleutnant: 06./07.1808
Oberst: 1809
Generalmajor: 08.10.18131
Feldmarschalleutnant: 09.03.1828
Retired: 17.04.1832
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Military Commander in Carinthia (Klagenfurt): 1815 – 01.1820
Fortress Commandant of Komorn: 1830 – 17.04.1832
Elevation of Social Status
plain nobility (by elevation of a family member):
1772 (with predicate: "von Lindenfels")
Freiherr: 10.02.1825
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 18.02.1814
Order of Leopold – CC: 07.09.1815
2nd Colonel-Proprietor of the Tyrolean Jäger
Regiment: 12.11.1824 –
25.06.1837
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Frank, N°6878 (w/o predicate of nobility) | Hirtenfeld
2, p.1275ff. | Hödl, IR29, pp.271, 640 | Leitner 2, p.109ff. | MD
8, p.109 | MilSchem | Svoboda 1, col.89f. | Wrede 1, p.647 | Wurzbach
22, p.200ff. | WZ, 03.08.1808, 02.12.1809, 17.10.1815 | Zivkovic,
Heerführer, p.76
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Hödl, IR29, p.271: 03.10.1813 (?) / Svoboda: 04.10.1813 (?)
| P32 |
Philippi,
Karl
Philippi von
Weydenfeld, Karl
Philippi von
Weydenfeld, Karl Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: Esseg (Osjek, Eszék) / Slavonia,
1741
Died: Ofen (Buda) / Hungary, 21.05.1811
Name Variants
also: Weidenfeld
Promotions
Major: 1785
Oberstleutnant: 27.03.1794
Oberst: 02.04.1796
Generalmajor: 02.10.1799 (w.r.f. 22.11.1799)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 04.1807
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Fortress Commandant of Ofen (= Buda): 02./03.1810 – 21.05.1811
Elevation of Social Status
plain nobility (by elevation of his father):
29.09.1759 (mit Prädikat: "von Weydenfeld")
Freiherr: 03.10.1798
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC:
07.09.1796
Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment
N°37: 1808 – 21.05.1811
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Buschek, IR23, I, pp.574, 621 | Frank
4, p.68 | Hirtenfeld 1, p.502f. | MilSchem | Wrede
1, p.384 | Wurzbach 53, p.253f. | WZ,
20.02.1808
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P33 |
Piacseck,
Christoph Karl von
Piacseck,
Christoph Karl Ritter von |
Personal Information
Born: Klobusics (Klobusic, Klobušice)
/ Com. Trencsén / Hungary, 1749
Died: WIA Andelfingen (= Frauenfeld), 25.05.1799 à Schaffhausen,
12.06.1799
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst: 1793
Generalmajor: 17.03.1797 (w.r.f. 12.05.1797)
Elevation of Social Status
Ritter: 1789
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC:
21.12.1789
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Allmayer-Beck, p.75 | Hirtenfeld
1, p.264f. | MilSchem | Wurzbach
22, p.216f.
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P34 |
Piccard
von Grünthal, Johann Ritter |
Personal Information
Born: Bučovice / Moravia, 30.06.1769
Died: Ödenburg (Sopron) / Hungary, 05.06.1855
Name Variants
also: Picard, Pickard
Promotions
Major: 25.12.18001
Oberstleutnant: 27.03.1805
Oberst: 16.02.1806
Generalmajor: 22.07.1809
Retired: 01.12.1809
Reactivated: 05.11.1810
Feldmarschalleutnant: 28.03.1821
Retired: 13.06.1848
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Fortress Commandant of Peterwardein: 07.05.1838 – 13.06.1848
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
2nd Colonel-Proprietor of the Dragoon Regiment N°1:
28.10.1827 –
05.06.1855
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
Bavaria:
Civil Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown – CC:
1813/14
Russia:
Order of St. Anne 1st cl.: 1813/14
Printed Sources
Amon, DR9, pp.280, 324f. | Leitner 2, p.151 | MilSchem | Nakowitsch,
Siegfried: FML Franz Freiherr von Koller (1767-1826). Sein Leben als
österreichischer General und Diplomat, Ph.D. thesis, Vienna 1968, p.36 | Pizzighelli,
DR10, p.237 (wrong: Mjr in 1801) | Svoboda 1, col.154 (wrong: retired
in 1847) | Tomaschek, DR8, p.283 | Victorin, DR7, pp.257, 403 | Wrede
3, p.183 | WZ, 25.11.1809
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Amon, DR9, p.324: 01.12.1800 (?)
| P35 |
Pietsch,
Johann
Pietsch von Wollishofen,
Johann |
Personal Information
Born: Schillersdorf (Šilheřovice)
/ Silesia, 28.04.1740
Died: Vienna, 23.04.18391
Family Status
Married (1): 1766 [N.N.] (17??-1782)
Married (2): ~ 1790 [N.N.]
Promotions
Major: 22.03.1789
Oberstleutnant: 13.11.1795
Oberst: 18.04.1797
Generalmajor: 26.09.1799 (w.r.f. 21.09.1799)
Retired: 1809
Elevation of Social Status
plain nobility: 21.05.1805 (with predicate: "von
Wollishofen")
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Decoration of the Elisabeth Theresian Military Foundation:
1807
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Auer, N°219 | Frank-Döfering, 3347 | MD
8, p.112 | MilSchem | ÖMZ, year 1841, vol.1, p.203ff.: Wilhelm
Gebler: Nekrolog des kaiserl königl. Generalmajors Johann Pietsch von Wollishofen | Wurzbach
22, p.276
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
MD / ÖMZ / Wurzbach: 22.04.1839 (?)
| P36 |
Pilati
von Tassulo, Franz Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: "Bausin" (n.l.) / Moravia, 14.11.1746
Died: Fünfkirchen (Pécs) / Hungary, 31.08.1805
Name Variants
also: Thassul, Tassul
Promotions
Major: 29.12.1792
Oberstleutnant: 01.03.1793
Oberst: 19.10.1796
Generalmajor: 06.03.1800 (w.r.f. 23.02.1800)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Leitner 2, p.83f. (wrong datas) | MilSchem | Svoboda
1, col.59f. (wrong: GM on 24.05.1800) | Wurzbach 22, p.289
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P37 |
Pino,
Dominik
Pino,
Dominik Graf |
Personal Information
Born: Milan (Milano) / Lombardy, 08.09.1760
Died: Cernobbio / Lombardy, 29.03.1826
Name Variants
(Italian) Domenico Conte di Pino
Promotions
Italy:
General of Brigade: 16.12.1798
General of Division: 1800
Into
Austrian service: 02.07.1814
Feldmarschalleutnant: 02.07.1814
Retired: 1814
Elevation of Social Status
Italy
(France):
Conte: 12.04.1809
France:
Comte: 09.03.1810
Austria:
Approval of the French (Italian) title of count:
22.02.1816
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
–
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
France:
Order of the Légion d'Honneur – GOC
(GC?): 20.01.1810
Italy
(France):
Order of the Iron Crown 1st cl.: 20.02.1806
Printed Sources
Frank 4, p.76 | Frank-Döfering, 3362 | Lombroso,
p.125ff. (wrong: b. 01.10.1767) | Luraghi, p.222 | MilSchem | Schmidt-Brentano,
Admirale, p.15 | WZ, 07.08.1814
Internet Sources
Pigni, Emanuele: Domenico Pino (http://www.cronologia.it/storia/a1802b.htm).-
Download: 24.05.2007
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale (wrong: b. 01.10.1767)
| P38 |
Piret
de Bihain, Ludwig Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Sankt Pölten / Lower Austria, 22.03.1835
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor (title): 26.07.1813
Retired: 26.07.1813
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
I.R. Chamberlain
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
MilSchem | WZ, 31.07.1813, 14.10.1813
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P39 |
Pittoni
von Dannenfeld, Philipp Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Görz (Gorizia) / Coastal Land, 06.10.1824
Name Variants
also: Dannenfeldt
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 01.05.1795 (w.r.f. 21.03.1794)
Retired: 28.02.1797
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Biographical Essay (by Digby Smith)
On 1 May 1795 Pittoni von Dannenfeld was promoted
to Generalmajor and served in Italy, initially as brigade commander in
Mercy d'Argentau's division. He fought at Voltri on 10 April and at Montenotti
on the next two days. After the disaster of Mondovi, Piedmont was evacuated by
the Austrians and on 2 May they fell back over the Po at Valenza. When the Mincio
line was broken at Borghetto on 30 May, he withdrew up into the Tyrol.
Pittoni took part in Alvinczy's third attempt to
relieve Mantua as part of the Corps of the Friaul, and fought at the victory
at Bassano over the French under Napoleon on 6 Nov. He also fought at Caldiero
on 12 November as part of Alvinczy's victorious corps and at Arcole on 15-17
November. He died on 6 October 1824 in Gorizia.
Printed Sources
MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P40 |
Piza,
Peter Franz von
Piza,
Peter Franz Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: Antwerp / Austrian Netherlands, 13.02.1727
(baptism)
Died: Esseg (Osjek, Eszék) / Slavonia, 18.10.1792
Name Variants
also: Pizza
Promotions
Major: 1758
Oberstleutnant: 1768
Oberst: 1773
Generalmajor: 10.04.1783 (w.r.f. 18.03.1783)
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Fortress Commandant of Esseg: 1783 – 18.10.1792
Elevation of Social Status
Freiherr: 14.01.1764
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 21.11.1763
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Frank 4, p.81 | Hirtenfeld 1, p.193f. | MD
8, p.115 | MilSchem | Schmedes, IR28, pp.50f. (wrong: b. 1726),
53, 74, 78 (wrong: GM in 1787), 293, 296 | Wurzbach 22, p.381f.
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Prague (Praha) / Bohemia, 07.09.1808
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 19.01.1796 (w.r.f. 23.12.1791)
Feldmarschalleutnant (a.h.): 19.05.1806
Retired: 19.05.1806
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Fortress Commandant of Eger: 1796 – 19.05.1806
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem | WZ, 05.10.1808
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P42 |
Podstatzky,
Franz Joseph Graf von |
Personal Information
Born: around 1722
Died: Vienna, 27.09.17931
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 05.03.1774 (w.r.f. 09.10.1759)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Decoration of the Elisabeth Theresian Military Foundation:
1792
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Auer, N°227 | MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Schmidt-Brentano: 28.09.1793 (?)
| P43 |
Pöck,
Franz Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: 16.09.1735
Died: Brünn (Brno) / Moravia, 16.09.1809
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 10.11.1788 (w.r.f. 06.11.1788)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem (wrong: d. 26.09.1809) | WZ, 15.08.1810
(wrong: "Beck")
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P44 |
Poirot
de Blainville, Christoph Ritter |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Ödenburg (Sopron) / Hungary, 09.05.1815
Name Variants
(French) Christophe Chevalier Poirot de Blainville
also: Plainville
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst: 1773
Generalmajor: 11.04.1781 (w.r.f. 04.04.1781)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Petiot, p.420f. | MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P45 |
Polfranceschi,
Peter Graf von |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Verona / Venetia, 24.02.18451
Name Variants
(Italian) Pietro Conte di Polfranceschi
Promotions
Italy:
General of Brigade:
Into
Austrian service: 1815
Generalmajor: 1815
Retired: 1815
Elevation of Social Status
Approval of the Italian title of count: 27.11.1816
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
–
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
Italy
(France):
Order of the Iron Crown 3rd cl.
Printed Sources
Frank-Döfering, 3419 | MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Schmidt-Brentano: 05.11.1837 (?)
Personal Information
Born: Pest / Hungary, 1731
Died: 09.01.18001
Promotions
Major: 19.07.1786
Oberstleutnant: 26.10.1786
Oberst: 18.02.1788
Generalmajor: 29.09.1793 (w.r.f. 27.09.1791)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Blažekovič,
IR31, I, pp.116f., 162 / II, 378f. | MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Blažekovič, IR31, II, p.379: 06.01.1800 (?)
| P47 |
Posarelli
zu Ebenfeld, Weikhard Joseph Karl
Posarelli zu
Ebenfeld, Weikhard Joseph Karl Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: Laibach (Ljubljana) / Carniola, 01.02.1745
Died: Karlstadt (Karlovac) / Croatia, 23.04.1805
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 21.02.1789 (w.r.f. 15.02.1789)
Elevation of Social Status
Freiherr: 01.05.1781
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Frank 4, p.100 | Leitner 2, p.77 | MilSchem | Svoboda
1, col.41 ("Anton Frhr v. Bosarell" ?)
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P48 |
Posztrehowsky,
Franz
Posztrehowsky
von Millenburg, Franz |
Personal Information
Born: Reichenau (n.l.) / Bohemia, 1747
Died: Vienna, 15.03.1818
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst: 06.11.1796
Generalmajor: 07.05.1800 (w.r.f. 30.05.1800)
Retired: 1809
Elevation of Social Status
plain nobility: 26.08.1794 (with predicate: "von
Millenburg")
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 18.08.1801
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Hirtenfeld 1, p.618f. | MilSchem | Wurzbach
23, p.143f.
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P49 |
Preiss,
Johann Franz Joseph Peter Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: Landau, 1704
Died: Eisenstadt (Kismárton) / Hungary, 17.01.1797
Name Variants
also: Preiß
Promotions
Major: 1747
Oberstleutnant: 1756
Oberst: 1758
Generalmajor: 17.02.1760
Feldmarschalleutnant: 24.09.1764
Feldzeugmeister: 01.05.1773 (w.r.f. 03.11.1770)
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Commanding General in the Karlstadt Warasdin Military
Border: 1768-1771
Commanding General in Transylvania: 1771-1785
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 22.12.1761
Decoration of the Elisabeth Theresian Military Foundation:
1785
Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°24:
1771 – 17.01.1797
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Auer, N°230 | Hirtenfeld 1, p.120 | MD
8, p.125 | MilSchem, esp. year 1797, p.241ff. | Wrede 1, p.282 | Wurzbach
23, p.256f. | Zivkovic, Generalität, p.34
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P50 |
Preschern
von Heldenfeld, Karl Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: 05.10.1812
Name Variants
also: Breschern / also: Heldenfeldt
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 01.03.1797 (w.r.f. 21.02.1797)
Retired: 1797
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Decoration of the Elisabeth Theresian Military Foundation:
1797
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Auer, N°231 | MilSchem | WZ, 26.11.1812
Internet Sources
Schmidt Brentano
| P51 |
Prochaska,
Johann Nepomuk Edler von
Prochaska,
Johann Nepomuk Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: Vienna, 03.07.1760
Died: Vienna, 24.04.1823
Name Variants
also: Prohaska
Family Status
Married: Eleonore Freiin von Schmid-Dondorf (17??-1835)
Promotions
Major: 30.06.1793
Oberstleutnant: 29.02.1796
Oberst: 31.08.1799
Generalmajor: 01.09.1805 (w.r.f. 18.01.1804)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 27.05.1809
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Chief of the Quartermaster General Staff: 02.1809 – 07.05.18091
Chief of the Quartermaster General Staff: 15.08.18162 –
24.04.1823
Field Service (1792-1815)
Chief of the Quartermaster General Staff of the Army
of the Upper Rhine: 06.-08.1796
Chief of the Quartermaster General Staff of the Army
of the Tyrol: 01.-05.1799
Chief of the Quartermaster General Staff of the Army
of Germany (main army): 02.-05.1809
General Intendant of the Austrian Army (in Germany
?): 02.12.1813 – 1814 / 04.-10.1815
Elevation of Social Status
Freiherr: 09.11.1820
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 11.05.1796
Order of Leopold – CC: 01.06.1814
Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°38:
01.1815 – 24.04.1823
I.R. Privy Councillor: 26.11.1819
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
Baden:
Order of the Lion of Zähringen – GC: 1815
Bavaria:
Civil Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown – GC:
06.1814
Prussia:
Order of the Red Eagle 2nd cl.: 04.1814
Russia:
Order of St. Anne 1st cl.: 12.1813
Württemberg:
Order of Military Merit – CC: 1800/01
Printed Sources
Angeli, Carl 4, p.245 | Frank 4, p.113 | Frank-Döfering,
3511 | Hirtenfeld 1, p.475ff. | MilSchem | ÖMZ, year
1824, vol.1, p.234ff.: Nekrolog des k.k. Feldmarschall-Lieutenants und Hofkriegsrathes
Johann Freiherrn von Prochaska (= Ritter, p.507ff.) | Regele, p.31 | Ritter,
p.507 (= ÖMZ, year 1824, vol.1, p.234ff.) | Wurzbach 23, p.336ff. | Wrede
1, p.391 | Wrede (6), p.41 | WZ, 25.11.1809, 20.02.1814, 27.06.1814,
02.09.1816 | Zivkovic, Heerführer, pp.109, 110
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Regele: 01.03.-26.04.1809 (?)
2) ÖMZ:
16.08.1816 (?)
| P52 |
Prochaska,
Joseph Edler von |
Personal Information
Born: Vienna, 17581
Died: Vienna, 29.09.1835
Name Variants
also: Prohaska
Promotions
Major: 02.1790
Oberstleutnant: 1799
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 26.07.1805 (w.r.f. 10.01.1804)
Retired: 01.1810
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 18.08.1801
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Hirtenfeld 1, p.603ff. | MilSchem | Victorin,
DR7, p.435f. (printing
error: d. 1755) | Wurzbach 23, p.339f.
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Notes
1)
Victorin, DR7, p.435: 1759 (?)
| P53 |
Prouvy,
Lambert Joseph Chevalier de |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Evrehailles / Belgium, 25.11.1828
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 12.10.1804 (w.r.f. 07.11.1803)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P54 |
Provera,
Johann Marchese |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Venice / Venetia, 05.07.1804
Name Variants
(Italian) Giovanni Marchese di Provera
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 18.06.1789 (w.r.f. 23.04.1789)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 04.03.1796 (w.r.f. 26.02.1794)
Retired: 29.04.1797
Field Service (1792-1815)
Commander of the Austrian Forces at the combat of
Millesimo: 13./14.04.1796 (–)
Chivalric Order
Knight of the Order of Malta
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Biographical Essay (by Digby Smith)
During the campaigns of 1794 and 1795 GM Marchese
di Provera served in Italy. On 4 March 1796, he was promoted to Feldmarschalleutnant.
He fought at Cossiera (Millesimo) on 13/14 April, where he was beaten by Napoleon
and captured together with the rest of his troops. He was later exchanged.
Provera took part in Alvinczy's third attempt to
relieve Mantua as part of the Corps of the Friaul. On 28 October, he joined Quosdanovich
at Pinzano on the Tagliamento, and fought at the victory at Bassano over the
French under Napoleon on 6 November. He also fought at Caldiero on 12 November
as part of Alvinczy's victorious corps and at the defeat at Arcole on 15-17 November.
In this last action he was with Alvinczy's main body (with 6 battalions) between
Caldiero and Porcil. On 16 November, he was roughly handled by Massena's division
and lost 7-800 prisoners and 6 guns.
His division was detailed to relieve Mantua in January
1797 and it did not fight at Rivoli on 14 and 15 of that month. On 8 and 9 January,
Provera had clashed with Marshal Augereau's Avantgarde at Bevilacqua. From 9-12
January he stayed at Legnano for unknown reasons. This delay was critical as
it allowed the French to establish the small size (8,500 men) of his force. He
also missed the chance to spoil their victory at Rivoli on 14 January. On the
night of 13/14 January, Provera bridged the Etsch one hour's march above Legnano
at Anghiari, and crossed before GdD Jean-Joseph Guieu, with 1,200-1,500 men from
Augereau's left wing, could come up. Pushing Guieu away, Provera left 1,500 men
and 14 guns to cover the bridge, and marched for Mantua via Cerea, Sanguinetto
and Nogara, where he spent the night. On 14 January, Augereau and Lannes (but
without Guieu, who had fallen back north, up the river, to Ronco) with 7,000
men, took up the chase.
At Anghiari they came on the bridge guard, who decided
to follow Provera. But they were soon blocked in and surrendered.
Provera reached St Giorgio on 15 January but was
refused entrance by GdB Miollis. Provera then went to La Favorita.
Napoleon had left Rivoli on 14 January, on hearing
of Provera's raid and gathered Massena's division, Victor's brigade and GdB Charles-Françios-Joseph
Dugua's cavalry at Roverbello. He ordered Augereau to chase after Provera, a
task he failed in. If Wurmser had been ready to make his sortie in sufficient
strength this day, Serrurier's division must have been defeated.
Early on 16 January, much to the Austrian commanders'
surprise, Napoleon appeared at La Favorita in battle array. Wurmser was separated
from Provera by the French army. Wurmser attacked at 6 am; after initial success,
he was forced back into Mantua. Provera's actions are unclear. During the battle,
Augereau's troops arrived; Provera found himself outnumbered 3 or 4 to 1 and
surrendered with 6,700 men as he could not cut his way through to the fortress.
The fourth attempt to relieve Mantua had failed. The fortress fell on 2 February
1797; the French then invaded the Papal state against the feeblest resistance
and the campaign ended with the signature of the peace of Tolentino on 20 February.
Provera retired on 29 April 1797 and died on 5 July 1804 in Venice.
Printed Sources
Bodart, p.307 | MilSchem | Wurzbach
24, p.22f. (datas partly incorrect)
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P55 |
Prugglach,
Karl Ludwig Freiherr von |
Personal Information
Born: Kosel (n.l.) / presumable Silesia (today:
district of Niesky), 1730
Died: Preßburg (Pozsony, Bratislava) / Hungary,
12.08.1803
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst: 1776
Generalmajor: 06.11.1785 (w.r.f. 05.11.1785)
Feldmarschalleutnant: 27.02.1793 (w.r.f. 12.02.1793)
Retired: 04.1801
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Military Commander in Upper Austria (Linz): 08.1796 – 04.1801
Field Service (1792-1815)
Commander of the (autonomous) Auxiliar Corps at the
Lower Rhine: 02.-03.1795
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 19.12.1790
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Hirtenfeld 1, p.327f. | MD 8, p.128 | MilSchem | Wurzbach
24, p.25f. | Zivkovic, Heerführer, pp.73, 128
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: 12.12.1816
Name Variants
also: Buchner
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 31.05.1797 (w.r.f. 25.06.1797)
Retired: 1799
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P57 |
Pückler,
Franz Ludwig Graf von |
Personal Information
Born: 22.03.1748
Died: (Karlsburg [Alba-Iulia, Gyulafehérvár]
/ Transylvania ?), 23.07.1810
Name Variants
also: Pickler
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor (a.h.): 07.11.1796
Retired: 1799
Reactivated: 1804/05 ?
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Fortress Commandant of Karlsburg: 1804/05 – 23.07.1810
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P58 |
Püschel,
Christian von |
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: (Alt Gradisca [Gradiška stara] / Slavonia
?), 23.11.1810
Name Variants
also: Püschell, Pischel
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 25.05.1803 (w.r.f. 13.12.1802)
Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court)
Fortress Commandant of Alt-Gradisca: 1802/03 – 23.11.1810
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
MilSchem
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
| P59 |
Pulszky
de Csélfalva, Ferdinand Daniel Freiherr |
Personal Information
Born: Eperjes (Prešov) / Com. Saros / Hungary,
1759
Died: Hermannstadt (Sibiu, Nagyszeben) / Transylvania,
05.09.1817
Promotions
Major: 1797
Oberstleutnant: 1801
Oberst: 01./02.1809
Generalmajor: 26.07.1813
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 11.05.1796
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
–
Printed Sources
Blasek/Rieger 1/I, p.396 | Gatti, IngAk, p.306f. | Hirtenfeld
1, p.472f. | MilSchem | WZ, 11.02.1809, 31.07.1813, 14.10.1813
Internet Sources
Jewison/Steiner
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
Personal Information
Born: 17??
Died: Arad / Hungary, 05.03.1795
Name Variants
also: Putnick
Promotions
Major:
Oberstleutnant:
Oberst:
Generalmajor: 10.1793
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria)
– (?)
Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign
Countries)
– (?)
Printed Sources
Milleker, p.94 | MilSchem | Wrede 5,
p.299
Internet Sources
Schmidt-Brentano, Generale
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