Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau (* 13 November 1861 in Neuhaus

Neuhaus, Carinthia

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; † 6 May 1932 in Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

), General

General

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 in the Austro-Hungarian army while World War I

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, military governor of Montenegro

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 between 1916 and 1917 and head of the Austro-Hungarian armistice commission (Armistice of villa Giusti)

Career

• 1879: as Kadett-Offizierstellvertreter from Infanteriekadettenschule Liebenau to Feldjägerbataillon 27
• 01. November 1880: Lieutenant, General staff branch
• 01. May 1911: Major General and commander 4th Mountain Brigade
• 25. April 1914: Supreme Military Court
• 1. July 1914: Vice-President of SMC
• 1. August 1914: Feldmarschalleutnant
• 9. April 1915: Commander 47. Infanterie Division
• 26. February 1916: Military Gouvernour of Montenegro
• 10. July 1917: Commander X. Corps
• 1. November 1917: General der Infanterie
• 7. February 1918: Commander of all mobile troops in the districts of Vienna, Krakow, Lemberg
• 15. May 1918: Commander XVIII. Corps
• July 1918: Commander VI. Corps
• 27. October - 3. November 1918: Chief of the "Waffenstillstandskommission" with Italy

Family

Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau was married two times:

• 1886 - 1900: Therese, née Baumgartner
• 1901 - 1932: Anna, née Hebenstreit

Children

• Guido Weber-Webenau (Dr. phil.), (* 13 September 1887 in Tarvis; † ?)
• Norbert Weber von Webenau, (* 7 July 1886 in Tarvis; † 26 August 1914 killed in action in Galicia)

Decorations (selection)

• Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresia Order
  Military Order of Maria Theresa
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• Grand Cross of the Franz Joseph Order with War Decoration
  Order of Franz Joseph
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• Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with War Decoration and Swords
  Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary)
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• Order of the Iron Crown
  Order of the Iron Crown
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   2nd Class with War Decoration and Swords
• Officer's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order
• Honour Insignia 1st Class of the Austrian Red Cross
• Military Merit Cross 3rd Class
• Bronze Military Merit Medal with War Decoration (Signum Laudis)
• Service Badge for Officers 2nd Class
• Military Jubilee Medal 1898
• Military Jubilee Cross 1908
• Mobilization Cross of 1912/13
• Prussian Iron Cross
  Iron Cross
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   1st and 2nd Class
• Ottoman Iron Crescent

He was additionally appointed a Geheimer Rat (Privy Councillor).

Rank

• 1 November 1880: Leutnant
• 1 May 1886: Oberleutnant
• 1 October 1893: Hauptmann 2. Klasse
• 1 November 1895: Hauptmann 1. Klasse
• 1 November 1898: Major
• 1 May 1902: Oberstleutnant
• 1 May 1905: Oberst
• 2 May 1911: Generalmajor
• 8 August 1914: Feldmarschalleutnant
• 17 November 1917: General der Infanterie

External links

• Austrian Commanders