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| Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este | |
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 lithography by Joseph Kriehuber, 1841 | |
| Born | 25 April 1781 Milan,Duchy of Milan |
| Died | 5 November 1850 (aged 69) Schloss Ebenzweier.Altmünster nearGmunden,Austrian Empire |
| House | Austria-Este |
| Father | Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este |
| Mother | Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa |
Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (25 April 1781 – 5 November 1850) was the third son ofArchduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and PrincessMaria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este, last member and heiress of theHouse of Este. For much of theNapoleonic Wars, he was in command of theAustrian army.[1]: 206
Ferdinand was born atMilan. He attended theTheresian Military Academy inWiener Neustadt before embarking on a military career. In 1805, in theWar of the Third Coalition againstFrance, Ferdinand was commander-in-chief of the Austrian forces with GeneralKarl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich as hisquartermaster general. In October, his army wassurrounded at Ulm. General Mack surrendered, but Ferdinand managed to escape with 2,000 cavalry toBohemia. There, he took command of the Austrian troops and raised the local militia. With a total of 9,000 men, he set out forIglau to distract attention from the Coalition's movements. He succeeded in holding theBavarian division of PrinceKarl Philipp von Wrede inIglau thereby and preventing it from joining theBattle of Austerlitz.
In 1809, in theWar of the Fifth Coalition against France, Ferdinand commanded an Austrian army of 36,000 men. In April, he invaded theDuchy of Warsaw, hoping to encourage a local uprising againstNapoleon (seePolish–Austrian War). But the Poles rallied to PrinceJózef Antoni Poniatowski. Ferdinand was victorious at theBattle of Raszyn, which managed to recaptureWarsaw. In June, however, Ferdinand was compelled to withdraw from Warsaw, and to give upKraków andGalicia as well.
In 1815, in theWar of the Seventh Coalition against France, Ferdinand commanded two divisions of the Austrian Reserve. The following year, he was appointed military commander in Hungary.
In 1830, Ferdinand was appointed military and civil governor of Galicia, taking up residence inLemberg. After theRevolution of 1848, he lived mostly in Italy.
Ferdinand never married. In 1850, he died at Schloss Ebenzweier inAltmünster nearGmunden, Austria.
Habsburg Monarchy:[2]
Kingdom of Hanover: Grand Cross of theRoyal Guelphic Order,1821[6]
Kingdom of Prussia:Knight of the Black Eagle,4 September 1841[7]
Two Sicilies:Grand Cross of St. Ferdinand and Merit[2]
Russian Empire:[2]| Ancestors of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este |
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