Anton Jelačić from Bužim

Anton Jelačić von Bužim, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber

Count Anton Jelačić von Bužim (born May 14, 1807 , † November 22, 1875 ) was a Croatian nobleman , Imperial and Royal Lieutenant Field Marshal and knight of the Maria Theresa Order from the Jelačić family .

Life

In 1826 he joined Infantry Regiment No. 62 as a cadet and was assigned as such to the Navy , in which from 1827 to 1830 he took part with the squad in the Levant against the Greek privateers under Contreadmiral Dandolo . Then for a second lieutenant in the 3rd Dragoon transported regiment he made during a 23-year term all stages in the regiment to Lieutenant Colonel by than what he can Banderial - Hussars was promoted. In four years he became a colonel in the regiment and five years later a general in the great general staff .

In the campaign against the Hungarians from May 1848 to April 1849 he was assigned to his brother, the Banus Josip Jelačić , as a wing adjutant and fought at Pákozd (September 29, 1848), the October fights in Vienna , and the reconnaissance battle at Wieselburg (December 18 ), the battle of Moor (December 29th), the battles near Tetény (January 3rd, 1848), near Iszaszeg (April 7th), before Pest (from April 8th to July 11th) with; Sent with a brigade to Pančevo (Pancsowa) on August 9th, there established order and, when he established the connection with the Ban via Werschetz , captured 70 Honvéd and 20,000 mets of grain along with bread, ammunition and weapons as booty.

As a Lieutenant Field Marshal, Jelačić retired.

Honors

• Austrian Military Merit Cross for the capture of Vienna in 1848
• Knight's Cross of the Order of the Iron Crown for the rescue of the burning steamer “Debreczin” loaded with ammunition and war material on September 5, 1849 during his command in Semlin

family

Jelačić lived in Zagreb (Agram) and was married to Maria Theresia Countess Lamberg (born May 14, 1826), a star cross since February 24, 1852 , and there are four children from this marriage:

• Franz Joseph (born April 28, 1853 in Graz),
• Maria (* 1854),
• Olga (born December 1, 1856) and
• Ivanka (Iwanka) (born May 6, 1858)

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Jellačić de Bužim, Anton Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 10th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 139 ( digital copy ).