Born in Temesvár in 1854, his family was of Transylvanian Saxon descent. He was trained as a military engineer at the Military Technical Academy in Vienna. From 1872 he was [ … ]
Category: Generals and personalities
Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf
Field Marshal, Chief of Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during most of the Great War (1912-1917). He was born in Vienna in 1852. His father was a hussar colonel, and [ … ]
Peter Hofmann infantry general
Peter Hofmann was born in Vienna in 1865. He graduated from the Theresianum military school in Wiener Neustadt in 1884. He was appointed staff officer in 1889 and sent to [ … ]
Archduke Eugen
He was born in the Teschen branch of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen. Like most Habsburg boys, he was sent to military schools. He graduated as lieutenant in 1881. Soon in [ … ]
Karl Magerl von Kouffheim
He was member of an old Graz family, who added several military officers to the Army and Fleet of the Monarchy. He was the commander of the 12th Infantry Regiment [ … ]
Field marshal Svetozar Boroevic
Svetozar Boroević was born in 1856 in Umetic, Croatia. In 1875, he was appointed lieutenant and was assigned to the Croatian home defence (domobran) armed forces. At that time the [ … ]
Karl and Zita
Emperor Karl and his wife Zita were very popular in Hungary. Hungarians did not forget the 1848/49 events. Neither did so Emperor Franz Joseph, who decorated his bedroom with the [ … ]
Colonel Kaposmérői Mérey Árpád
Commander of the 1st Népfelkelő Hussar Regiment 1915-1916.