By Leopold Kudrna, with Biographical Essays by Digby Smith. A | Ba-Be | Bi-By | C | D | E | F | G | H | I/J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | Sa-Sm | So-Sz | T | U | V | W | Y/Z    Austrian Generals 1792-1815 Y/Z   York  to  Zucchi  Y1 York and Albany, Prince of Great Britain, Frederick Augustus Duke of   Personal Information Born: St. James’s Palace / London / England, 16.08.1763 Died: Rutland House / London / England, 05.01.1827 Family Status Married: 1791 Friederike Charlotte Ulrike Prinzessin von Preußen (1767-1820) Promotions Great Britain: Colonel: 01.11.1780 Major General: 20.11.1782 Lieutenant General: 27.10.1784 General: 12.04.1793 Field Marshal: 10.02.1795 Austria: Feldmarschall: 06.11.1814 Field Service (1792-1815) Commander of the allied forces at the battle of Linselles: 18.08.1793 (+) Commander of the allied forces during the siege of Dünkirchen: 24.08. – 08.09.1793 (–) Commander of the allied forces at the battle of Baisieux: 10.05.1794 (+) Commander of the allied forces at the battle of Bergen: 19.09.1799 (–) Commander of the allied forces at the battle of Egmond aan Zee: 02.10.1799 (+) Commander of the allied forces at the battle of Castricum: 06.10.1799 (–) Change of Social Status / Titels Prince Bishop of Osnabrück: 27.02.1764 – 1802 1st Duke of Albany: 29.11.1784 1st Duke of York: 29.11.1784  1st Earl of Ulster: 29.11.1784 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) Military Maria Theresian Order – GC: 06.1814 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Great Britain & Foreign Countries) France: Order of the Holy Spirit Great Britain: Order of the Garter: 19.06.1771 Order of the Bath – KC: 30.12.1767 / GC: 02.01.1815 Hannover: Guelphic Order – GC: 12.08.1815 Poland (Russia): Order of the White Eagle Prussia: Order of the Red Eagle – ?cl. Russia: Order of St. Alexander Nevskij Spain: Order of Charles III. Printed Sources MilSchem | Zivkovic, Generalität, p.14 | Bodart, pp.277, 278, 288, 342, 345 | Hirtenfeld 2, p.1122 | Townsend, pp.127, 141, 176 Internet Sources Darryl Lundy: The Peerage.com. A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe [http://www.thepeerage.com].- Download: 16.10.2008 Jewison/Steiner Marek [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/welf/welf7.html] Rayment Schmidt-Brentano, Generale          Z1 Zach, Anton Zach, Anton von Zach, Anton Freiherr von   Personal Information Born: Pest / Hungary, 14.06.17471 Died: Graz / Styria, 22.11.1826 Family Status Brother-in-law of B55 (Binder von Degenschild) Father-in-law of R30 (Richter von Binnenthal) Married: 1779 Anna Freiin von Moltke (1759-1832) Promotions Major: E 1788 Oberstleutnant: E.1793 Oberst: 18.11.1795 Generalmajor: 09.06.1799 Feldmarschalleutnant: 01.09.1805 (w.r.f. 13.09.1805) Retired: 08.02.1825 (01.03.1825) Feldzeugmeister (title a.h.): 15.05.1825 Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court) Military Commander in Triest: 09.01.18062 – 05.1809 Fortress Vice Commandant of Olmütz: 20.10.1810 – 11.1812 Fortress Commandant of Olmütz: 11.1812 – 1815 Fortress Governor of Olmütz: 1815 – 01.03.1825 Field Service (1792-1815) Chief of the Quartermaster General Staff of the Army of Italy: 08.04. 1796 – 06.1796 Chief of the Quartermaster General Staff of the Army of Italy: 01.1798 – 03.1799 / 07.1799 – 06.1800 / 09.1800 – 03.1801 Chief of the Quartermaster General Staff of the Army of Italy: 09.1805 – 01.1806 Elevation of Social Status plain nobility (by elevation of his father): 08.10.1765 Freiherr: 04.02.18013 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 13.10.1799 Order of Leopold – CC: 07.01.1809 Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°15: 23.09.1807 – 22.11.1826 I.R. Privy Councillor Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign Countries) – Printed Sources ADB 55, p.400f. | Gatti, IngAk, p.222f. | Hirtenfeld 1, p.553ff. | Hollins, p.55f. | MD 6, p.26 (wrong: b. 17.06.1747) | MilSchem | Nischer, Ernst: Österreichische Kartographen. Ihr Leben, Lehren und Wirken, Vienna 1925, p.109ff. | ÖMZ, year 1812, vol 4, issue 12, p.137 | ÖMZ, year 1829, vol 2, p.192ff.: Johann Baptist Schels: Nekrolog des kaiserlich-östreichischen Feldzeugmeisters Anton Freiherrn von Zach (wrong: Order of Leopold in 1808 / Cdr of Olmütz in 1813) | Regele, p.29f. | Wrede 1, p.218 | Wurzbach 59, p.69f. | WZ, 09.03.1808, 11.01.1809, 29.12.1812 | Zivkovic, Generalität, p.40 | Zivkovic, Heerführer, pp.76, 109, 110 Internet Sources Ebert [http://www.napoleon-online.de/AU_Generale/html/zach.html] (wrong: FZM on 25.05.1825) Jewison/Steiner Schmidt-Brentano, Generale Notes 1) Schmidt-Brentano: auch 17.05.1744 (?) 2) Zivkovic, Heerführer: 03.1806 (?) 3) ÖMZ: 06.02.1801 (?)    Z2 Zadubsky von Schönthal, Anton   Personal Information Born: around 1715 Died: Wiener Neustadt / Lower Austria, 31.11.1795 Promotions Major: Oberstleutnant: Oberst: Generalmajor: 10.04.1783 (w.r.f. 13.05.1783) Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) Decoration of the Elisabeth Theresian Military Foundation: 1783 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign Countries) – (?) Printed Sources Auer, N°362 | MilSchem Internet Sources Schmidt-Brentano, Generale  Z3 Zebro, Wenzel Karl Zebro von Wachenburg, Wenzel Karl Ritter Zebro von Wachenburg, Wenzel Karl Freiherr Personal Information Born: 17?? Died: Innsbruck / Tyrol, 02.05.1805 Promotions Major: Oberstleutnant: Oberst: Generalmajor: 25.05.1800 (w.r.f. 12.06.1800) Elevation of Social Status Ritter: 11.07.1793 (with predicate: "von Wachenburg") Freiherr: 28.01.1802 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) – Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign Countries) – (?) Printed Sources Frank 5, p.263 | MilSchem Internet Sources Schmidt-Brentano, Generale  Z4 Zechmeister, Theophil Joseph von Zechmeister von Rheinau, Theophil Joseph Freiherr   Personal Information Born: Preßburg (Pozsony, Bratislava) / Hungary, 17651 Died: Vienna, 29.09.1819 Family Status Married: 1797 Franziska von Turner Promotions Major: 1800 Oberstleutnant: Oberst: 04./05.1808 Generalmajor: 02.09.1809 Elevation of Social Status Freiherr: 02.06.18102 (with predicate: "von Rheinau") Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 11.05.1796 Order of Leopold – CC: 26./29.03.1814 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign Countries) Russia: Order of St. Vladimir 3rd cl.: 1815 Sardinia-Piedmont: Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus - GC: 1814/1815 Printed Sources Doerr, p.281 | Frank 5, p.263 | Frank-Döfering, 4798 | Hirtenfeld 1, p.491ff. | Kneschke 9, p.624 | MilSchem | Wurzbach 59, p.246f. | WZ, 04.05.1808, 25.11.1809, 26.05.1815, 18.10.1815 Internet Sources Jewison/Steiner Schmidt-Brentano, Generale Notes 1) Kneschke: 1748 (?) 2) Kneschke: 01.01.1810 (?)    Z5 Zedtwitz, Franz Julius Graf von   Personal Information Born: around 1743 Died: Vienna, 14.04.1808 Promotions Bavaria: [rank ?] Into Austrian service: Feldmarschalleutnant: 08.05.1801 (w.r.f. 29.04.1801) Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) Colonel-Proprietor of the Infantry Regiment N°25: 1st H 1808 – 14.04.1808 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign Countries) – (?) Printed Sources MilSchem | Wrede 1, p.292 | WZ, 23.01.1808, 04.05.1808 Internet Sources Schmidt-Brentano, Generale    Z6 Zehentner, (Friedrich) Joseph Freiherr von   Personal Information Born: 1729 Died: 20.04.1812 Promotions Major: 1764 Oberstleutnant: Oberst: 1774 Generalmajor: 10.04.1783 (w.r.f. 09.04.1783) Feldmarschalleutnant: 16.01.1790 (w.r.f. 28.01.1790) Into Neapolitan service: 1793 Posts and Offices (Army, Politics, Court) Adjutant General to the Emperor: 1778 Chief of the Quartermaster General Staff: 08.1785 – 01.1790 Field Service (1788-1815) Chief of the Quartermaster General Staff of the Main Army: 03.1788 – 01.1790 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) – (?) Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign Countries) – (?) Printed Sources Gatti, IngAk, p.105 | MilSchem | Regele, p.25f. | Wrede (6), p.41 | WZ, 03.06.1812 | Zivkovic, Heerführer, p.108 Internet Sources Schmidt-Brentano, Generale    Z7 Zeko, Michael von Personal Information Born: 17?? Died: 05.12.1813 Promotions Major: Oberstleutnant: Oberst: Generalmajor: 28.07.1807 (w.r.f. 14.06.1805) Retired: 1810 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) – Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign Countries) – (?) Printed Sources MilSchem | WZ, 15.08.1807 Internet Sources Schmidt-Brentano, Generale    Z8 Zeschwitz, Wolfgang Kaspar Freiherr von Personal Information Born: 31.10.1731 Died: Ödenburg (Sopron) / Hungary, 02.12.1802 Promotions Major: Oberstleutnant: 1765 (1766 ?) Oberst: 1768 Generalmajor: 25.04.1775 (w.r.f. 11.06.1771) Feldmarschalleutnant: 09.09.1786 (w.r.f. 06.09.1786) Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) Colonel-Proprietor of the Cuirassier Regiment N°10 / (since 1798) N°5: 1781-1801/02 (disbanded) 2nd Colonel-Proprietor of the Cuirassier Regiment N°1: 1801 – 02.12.1802 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign Countries) – (?) Printed Sources MilSchem | Pizzighelli, DR3, pp.22, 28 | Tomaschek, DR8, p.241 (Obstlt in 1766 ?), 691 (Obstlt in 1765 ?) | Wrede 3, pp.128, 598 Internet Sources Schmidt-Brentano, Generale    Z9 Zinn, Joseph von Personal Information Born: 17?? Died: Bösing (Pösing, Pezinok, Bazin) / Com. Preßburg (Pozsony) / Hungary, 25.08.1820 Promotions Major: Oberstleutnant: Oberst: Generalmajor: 06.03.1800 (w.r.f. 05.03.1800) Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) – (?) Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign Countries) – Printed Sources MilSchem Internet Sources Schmidt-Brentano, Generale    Z10 Zoph, Johann Zoph, Johann Freiherr von Personal Information Born: Theusing (Teussing, Toužim) / Bohemia, 1740 Died: Kaaden (Kadaň) / Bohemia, 26.05.1812 Promotions Major: 1777 Oberstleutnant: Oberst: Generalmajor: 01.01.1794 (w.r.f. 31.10.1791) Feldmarschalleutnant: 01.03.1797 (w.r.f. 02.01.1797) Retired: 1801 Elevation of Social Status Freiherr: 01.08.1800 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) Military Maria Theresian Order – KC: 20.01.1797 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign Countries) – (?) Printed Sources Hirtenfeld 1, p.510f. | MilSchem | Wurzbach 60, p.259f. | WZ, 20.06.1812 Internet Sources Jewison/Steiner Schmidt-Brentano, Generale    Z11 Zschock, Otto Gottlieb Edler von   Personal Information Born: 07.12.1734 Died: 13.09.18071 Promotions Major: Oberstleutnant: Oberst: Generalmajor: 08.02.1800 (w.r.f. 02.02.1800) Retired: 1805 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) – Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign Countries) – (?) Printed Sources MilSchem Internet Sources Schmidt-Brentano, Generale ("Freiherr" ?) Notes 1) Schmidt-Brentano: 23.09.1807 (?)    Z12 Zucchi, Karl Freiherr von   Personal Information Born: Reggio / Reggio (duchy), 10.03.1777 Died: Turin (Torino) / Piedmont / Italy, 31.12.1863 Name Variants (Italian) Carlo Barone di Zucchi Promotions Italy: General of Brigade General of Division: 1813 Into Austrian service: 02.07.1814 Feldmarschalleutnant: 02.07.1814 Retired: 30.06.1819 Cashiered: 12.07.1833 Elevation of Social Status Italy (France): Baron: 1809/10 Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Austria) – (?) Orders, Awards, Honorary Appointments (Foreign Countries) France: Order of the Légion d'Honneur – OC Italy (France): Order of the Iron Crown – KC Printed Sources Luraghi, p.222, Anm.15 | MilSchem | Schmidt-Brentano, Admirale, p.15 | Wurzbach 60, p.295f. | WZ, 27.04.1814, 07.08.1814 Internet Sources Schmidt-Brentano, Generale Lista dei generali italiani (Wikipedia)

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