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Wimpffen, Maximilian Freiherr von
© Copyright Baron Maximilian von Wimpffen, lithograph Wimpffen, Baron Maximilian von, b. Münster in Westphalia (Germany), Feb. 19, 1770, d. Vienna, Aug. 29, 1854, army commander (field marshal). Took part in the Turkish War from 1788-1790, in the battles against revolutionary France from 1792-1800 and in the Austrian campaigns against Napoleon in 1805 and in 1809 (adjutant-general of Archduke Karl); as field marshal lieutenant, commander of a division in 1813/14; 1816 military commander of Austrian Silesia; 1820 general commander in Venetia; 1824 head of staff of the quartermaster general; 1830-1840 commanding general in Vienna; awarded the military Order of Maria Theresia for bravery in the battle of Austerlitz; Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1852. Buried next to Radetzky at the Heldenberg at Kleinwetzdorf.
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