List of Austrian field marshals explained

Field marshal
Native Name:Feldmarschall
Formation:1805
Abolished:1918
Rank Group:Field marshal
Higher Rank:None

The list of Austrian field marshals denotes those who held the rank of Feldmarschall in the Austrian or Austro-Hungarian armies.

Austrian Empire

AppointedPortraitNameLifespan
1805Prince Adam Czartoryski-Sangusco1734–1823
1805Duke Ferdinand Frederick Augustus of Württemberg1763–1834
1808Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary1776–1847
1808Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne1735–1814
1808Wenzel Joseph von Colloredo1738–1822
1808Josef Freiherr Alvinczy von Borberek1735–1810
1808Joseph Comte de Ferraris1726–1814
1809Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde1757–1845
1809Johann Graf von Kolowrat-Krakowsky1748–1816
1809Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein1760–1836
1812Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg1771–1820
1818[1] Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington1769–1852
1824Heinrich XV, Prince Reuss of Greiz1751–1825
1826Camille Joseph Graf Lambertie1746–1826
1830Archduke Ferdinand of Austria1793–1875
1830Friedrich Franz Xaver, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen1757–1844
1833Christoph von Lattermann1753–1835
1836Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este1781–1850
1836Archduke Johann of Austria1782–1859
1836Josef Graf Radetzky von Radetz1766–1858
1843Karl Ludwig Graf von Ficquelmont1777–1857
1844Maximilian Freiherr von Wimpffen1770–1854
1846Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg1779–1846
1848Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria1830–1916
1848Ignaz Freiherr von Lederer1769–1849
1848Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz1787–1862
1849Laval Graf Nugent von Westmeath1777–1862
1854Eugen Graf Wratislaw von Mittrowítz-Nettolitzky1786–1867
15 July 1859Heinrich Freiherr von Heß1788–1870
4 April 1863Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen1817–95
19 October 1867Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg1803–73

Austria-Hungary

AppointedPortraitNameLifespan
4 May 1900 Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany1859–1941
1 May 1904 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom1841–1910
8 December 1914Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen1856–1936
21 November 1916Emperor Karl I of Austria1887–1922
23 November 1916Archduke Eugen of Austria1863–1954
25 November 1916Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf1852–1925
5 November 1917Hermann Freiherr Kövess von Kövessháza1854–1924
5 November 1917Alexander Freiherr von Krobatin1849–1933
30 January 1918Franz Freiherr Rohr von Denta1854–1927
31 January 1918Eduard Freiherr von Böhm-Ermolli1856–1941
1 February 1918Svetozar Boroević von Bojna1856–1920
19 May 1918 Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire1844–1918
24 October 1918Archduke Joseph of Austria1872–1962

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: James William Edmund Doyle. James William Edmund Doyle. The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885 . 3 . 1886 . Longmans Green and Co. . London . 615–620 . Wellington . https://archive.org/stream/officialbaronag02doylgoog#page/n636/mode/2up .