List of Military Order of Maria Theresa recipients of Croatian descent explained

This is a list of the Military Order of Maria Theresa (German: Militär-Maria-Theresien-Orden, Croatian: Vojni Red Marije Terezije) recipients of Croatian origin in alphabetical order:

ImageNameBorn/diedGrade/classNotes
1.Svetozar Borojević1856–1920
Commander's Cross
promoted in 1917 as colonel general
2.Adam Franjo Burić1732–1803
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1779 as major,
later was lieutenant colonel
3.Ivan Vilim Burić1792–1858
Knight's Cross
Adam Franjo's son, promoted in 1850
as lieutenant field marshal
4.Aleksandar Franjo Čorić1772–1847
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1802 as captain,
later was lieutenant field marshal
5.Antun Čorić1795–1864
Knight's Cross
Aleksandar Franjo's nephew,
promoted in 1850 as lieutenant
field marshal, later was
feldzeugmeister (general of the
artillery) and Habsburg Monarchy
minister of war
6.Đuro Dragičević1890–1980
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1921 as oberleutnant
for his personal venture in
World War I, later was general
7.Josip Kazimir Drašković1716–1765

Knight's Cross, Commander's Cross
received the Knight's Cross in 1758
as lieutenant field marshal and
the Commander's Cross in 1765 as
feldzeugmeister (general of the
artillery)
8.Petar Duka1756–1822
Knight's Cross
born in Osijek in an ethnic
Aromanian family, promoted
in 1794 as lieutenant colonel,
later was feldzeugmeister
9.Josip Filipović1819–1889
Commander's Cross
promoted in 1879 as feldzeugmeister
10.Karlo Pavao Gvozdanović1763–1817

Knight's Cross, Commander's Cross
received the Knight's Cross as
major in 1801 and the Commander's
Cross as major general in 1814
11.Petar Vid Gvozdanović1738–1802

Knight's Cross, Commander's Cross
received the Knight's Cross as
colonel in 1779 and the Commander's
Cross as feldzeugmeister in 1795
12.Ivan Iskrić1884–1961
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1921 as captain,
later was colonel
13.Šimun Ivičić1759–1823
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1796 as captain,
retired in 1801 as major
14.Franjo Jelačić1746–1810
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1799 as major general
15.Josip Jelačić1801–1859
Commander's Cross
Franjo's son, promoted in 1849
as lieutenant field marshal
16.Stjepan Jovanović1828–1885
Knight's Cross
born in Lika, promoted in 1879
as lieutenant field marshal
17.Martin Knežević1708–1781
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1762 as colonel,
later was major general
18.Vinko Knežević1755–1832
Knight's Cross
Martin's son, promoted in 1799
as colonel, later was
general of the Cavalry
19.Vladimir Laxa1870–1945
Knight's Cross
born in Sisak, promoted in 1917
as colonel, later was general
20.Geza Lukačić1865–1943
Knight's Cross
born in Košice, Slovakia,
promoted in 1917 as major general,
later was lieutenant field marshal
21.Lazar Mamula1795–1878
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1849 as colonel,
later was feldzeugmeister
22.Ivan Marojević1772–1831
Knight's Cross
received the Knight's Cross at
87th promotion in 1811 as
captain, later was colonel
23.Josip Maroičić1812–1882

Knight's Cross, Commander's Cross
received the Knight's Cross in 1849
as major and the Commander's
Cross in 1866 as lieutenant field
marshal, later was feldzeugmeister
24.Daniel Peharnik-Hotković1745–1794
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1790 as major general
25.Antun Pejačević1749–1802
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1790 as colonel,
later was lieutenant field marshal
26.Gabrijel Rodić1812–1890
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1866 as major general,
later was feldzeugmeister
27.1777–1849
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1849 as lieutenant field
marshal, later was feldzeugmeister
28.Matija Rukavina Bojnogradski1737–1817
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1796 as major general,
later was lieutenant field marshal
29.Baltazar Šimunić1785–1861
Knight's Cross
received the Knight's Cross in 1849
as lieutenant field marshal,
became baron in 1850.
30.Josip Šišković1719–1783

Knight's Cross, Commander's Cross
born in Szeged, southern Hungary,
to an ethnic Croat (Bunjevci)
family, received the Knight's
Cross in 1758 as colonel and
the Commander's Cross in 1765
as lieutenant fieldmarshal
31.Franjo Ksaver Tomašić1761–1831

Knight's Cross, Commander's Cross
received the Knight's Cross in 1802
as major and the Commander's
Cross in 1813 as major general,
later was lieutenant fieldmarshal
32.Đuro Unukić1814–1867
Knight's Cross
born in Lipovac, Slavonian Military
Frontier, promoted in 1850 as captain,
later was lieutenant colonel
33.Josip Filip Vukasović1755–1809
Knight's Cross
promoted in 1788 as major, later
was lieutenant field marshal

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