List of Austrian Field Marshals
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The following list of Austrian Field Marshals denotes those who have held the rank of Feldmarschall in the Austrian
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...

 or Austro-Hungarian
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

 armies. For earlier Austrian field marshals, see Field Marshals of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria.

Austrian Empire

  • 1805 – Adam Fürst Czartoryski-Sangusco (1731–1823)
  • 1805 – Ferdinand Friedrich August Duke of Württemberg (1763-1834)
  • 1808 - Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776-1847)
  • 1808 - Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne
    Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne
    Charles-Joseph Lamoral, 7th Prince de Ligne in French, Charles Joseph Lamoral 7te Fürst von Ligne : was a Field marshal and writer, and member of the princely family of Ligne.-Military service:He was the son of Field Marshal Claude Lamoral, 6th Prince of Ligne and Elisabeth Alexandrine...

     (1735-1814)
  • 1808 – Wenzel Graf Colloredo-Waldsee († 1822)
  • 1808 - Josef Alvinczy von Borberek (1735-1810)
  • 1808 – Joseph Johann Count Ferraris
    Joseph de Ferraris
    Joseph Jean François, count de Ferraris was an Austrian general and cartographer.Between 1771 and 1778, Ferraris was commissioned by the empress Maria Theresa of Austria and emperor Joseph II to create a detailed Carte-de-Cabinet of the Austrian Netherlands...

     (1726-1814)
  • 1809 – Count Heinrich von Bellegarde (1757–1845)
  • 1809 – Carl Count Kolowrat-Krakowski
    Johann Kollowrat
    Kollowrat-Krakowsky, Johann Karl, Graf von joined the Austrian army, fought against the Kingdom of Prussia and Ottoman Turkey before being promoted to general officer rank. During combat against the French in the French Revolutionary Wars, he first became known as an artillery specialist...

     (1748 - 1816)
  • 1809 - Johann I Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein
    Johann I Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein
    Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, born Johann Baptist Joseph Adam Johann Nepomuk Aloys Franz de Paula was the Prince of Liechtenstein between 1805 and 1806 and again from 1814 until 1836...

     (1760–1836)
  • 1812 - Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
    Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
    Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (or Charles Philip, Prince of Schwarzenberg (April 18, 1771 – October 15, 1820) was an Austrian field marshal.- Life :...

     (1771-1820)
  • 1824 – Heinrich XV, Prince of Reuss-Plauen (1751–1825)
  • 1826 – Kamillo Count Lambertic († 1826)
  • 1830 - Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
    Ferdinand I of Austria
    Ferdinand I was Emperor of Austria, President of the German Confederation, King of Hungary and Bohemia , as well as associated dominions from the death of his father, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, until his abdication after the Revolutions of 1848.He married Maria Anna of Savoy, the sixth child...

     (1793–1875)
  • 1830 – Friedrich Franz Xaver Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
    Friedrich Franz Xaver Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
    Friedrich Franz Xaver Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen was an Austrian general. He joined the Austrian military and fought against the Kingdom of Prussia, Ottoman Turkey, and the First French Republic. He was promoted to the rank of general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars...

     (1757–1844)
  • 1833 – Christoph Freiherr von Lattermann (1753–1835)
  • 1836 – Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este
    Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este
    Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este was the third son of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and of his wife Princess Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este, last member and heiress of the house of Este. For much of the Napoleonic Wars he was in command of the Austrian army.Ferdinand was born...

     (1781–1850)
  • 1836 – Archduke Johann of Austria
    Archduke Johann of Austria
    Archduke John of Austria was a member of the Habsburg dynasty, an Austrian field marshal and German Imperial regent .-Biography:...

     (1782–1859)
  • 1836 - Josef Graf zu Radetzky von Radetz
    Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
    Johann Josef Wenzel Graf Radetzky von Radetz was a Czech nobleman and Austrian general, immortalised by Johann Strauss I's Radetzky March...

     (1766-1858)
  • 1843 - Karl Ludwig Graf von Ficquelmont (1777-1857)
  • 1844 – Maximilian von Wimpffen
    Maximilian von Wimpffen
    Maximilian, Freiherr von Wimpffen was a military commander who served in the Austrian army during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars...

     (1770–1854)
  • 1846 – Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg (1779–1846)
  • 1848 - Emperor Franz Josef of Austria (1830-1916)
  • 1848 – Ignaz Freiherr von Lederer († 1849)
  • 1848 – Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787–1862)
  • 1849 – Laval Graf Nugent von Westmeath (1777–1862)
  • 1854 – Eugen Graf Wratislaw von Mittrowítz-Nettolitzky (1786–1867)
  • 1860 - Heinrich von Heß
    Heinrich von Heß
    Heinrich Hermann Josef Freiherr von Heß , Austrian soldier, entered the army in 1805 and was soon employed as a staff officer on survey work....

     (1788-1870)
  • 1863 - Archduke Albrecht of Austria (1817-1895)
  • 1867 – Edmund Prince of Schwarzenberg (1803–1873)

Austria-Hungary

List of Austro-Hungarian Field Marshals:

Created field marshal before 1867:
  • 1848 - Emperor Franz Josef of Austria (1830-1916)
  • 1860 - Heinrich Freiherr von Heß (1788-1870)
  • 1863 - Archduke Albrecht of Austria (1817-1895)
  • 1867 – Edmund Prince of Schwarzenberg (1803–1873)


Created field marshal by Austria-Hungary:
  • 4 May 1900 - William II of Germany (1859-1941)
  • 8 December 1914 - Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
    Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
    Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen was a member of the House of Habsburg and the Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I.-Early life:...

     (1856-1936)
  • 1916 - Emperor Karl of Austria (1887-1922)
  • 23 November 1916 - Archduke Eugen of Austria
    Archduke Eugen of Austria
    Archduke Eugen Ferdinand Pius Bernhard Felix Maria of Austria-Teschen was an Archduke of Austria and a Prince of Hungary and Bohemia...

     (1863-1954)
  • 25 November 1916 - Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852-1925)
  • 5 November 1917 - Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza
    Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza
    Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza was the final, and completely ceremonial, Commander-in-Chief of Austria-Hungary...

     (1854-1924)
  • 5 November 1917 - Alexander von Krobatin
    Alexander von Krobatin
    Alexander Freiherr von Krobatin was an Austrian Field Marshal and Imperial Minister for War between 1912 and 1917.- Early life :...

     (1849-1933)
  • 30 January 1918 - Franz Rohr von Denta
    Franz Rohr von Denta
    Franz Rohr von Denta was an Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal and field commander who served as the last commander of the Austro-Hungarian First Army.- Early life :...

     (1854-1927)
  • 31 January 1918 - Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli (1856-1941)
  • 1 February 1918 - Svetozar Boroevic von Bojna (1856-1920)
  • 24 October 1918 - Archduke Joseph August of Austria
    Archduke Joseph August of Austria
    Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia was for a short period head of state of Hungary, a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and the eldest son of Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria and his wife Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...

     (1872-1962)

See also

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