Eugen Wratislaw von Mitrowitz
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Eugen Count Wratislaw von Mittrowitz-Nettolitzky (* 8. July, 1786, in Wischopol , Bohemia
Bohemia
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; † 14. February, 1867, in Vienna
Vienna
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) was an Austrian Fieldmarshal.

He joined the army in 1804 and fought in the 1805-09 and 1813-16 campaigns. He became a Colonel in 1820, a Major General in 1830 and Fieldmarshal-Lieutenant and member of the Hofkriegsrat
Hofkriegsrat
The Hofkriegsrat was the Court Council of War of the Habsburg Monarchy. Founded in 1556 in the reign of Emperor Ferdinand I, it was a council of men with military experience who could take charge of the army and its needs, in both war and peacetime...

 in 1835.

In 1848 he commanded the first Armeekorps in Italy, and became Cavalry-General in 1849 and Fieldmarshal in 1854. He was Chancellor of the Military Order of Maria Theresa
Military Order of Maria Theresa
The Military Order of Maria Theresa was an Order of the Austro-Hungarian Empire founded on June 18, 1757, the day of the Battle of Kolin, by the Empress...

in 1855.
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