Antun Pejačević
Antun Pejačević from Virovitica | |
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title | Count |
Appointments |
Lieutenant Field Marshal of the Habsburg Army, Grand Count of Požega |
Country |
Croatia within the Habsburg Monarchy |
House | Pejačević |
birth | September 4, 1749 in Osijek |
death | September 25, 1802 in Virovitica |
father | Josip II Count Pejačević |
mother | Elizabeta born Peterson |
wife | Barbara born Drašković |
children | Antun (IV.), Stjepan, Barbara, Ana |
Antun Pejačević von Virovitica ( German Anton Pejatschewitsch von Virovitica ; * September 4, 1749 in Osijek , † September 25, 1802 in Virovitica ) was a Croatian nobleman , politician and military from the House of Pejačević . He was a lieutenant field marshal in the Habsburg army, a grand captain of Požega, and an entrepreneur and patron .
Life
Antun III. Count Pejačević von Virovitica (full name Antun Mihajlo Ignjat Nepomuk Viktorin Pejačević) was born as the youngest son of Josip II. Pejačević (* 1710, † 1787), then still a baron , and his wife Elizabeta nee. Peterson born. He had two brothers, Žigmund (* 1741; † 1806) and Karlo III. Ferdinand (* 1745; † 1815), as well as a sister, Josipa Elizabeta. His grandfather Marko II. Pejačević (* 1664; † 1727) was born in Tschiprowzi , Bulgaria , but settled in Eastern Slavonia .
In 1774 he married Countess Barbara Drašković von Trakošćan in Varaždin . They had four children: Antun (IV.), Stjepan, Barbara and Ana.
Pejačević graduated from the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt and then served as a lieutenant in the regiment of Karl Graf Pálffy and later in the Slavonian border infantry regiment No. 8 (Gradiskaner) .
He took part in several wars and numerous battles: War of the Bavarian Succession (1778–1779), Russian-Austrian Turkish War (1787–1792), French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1797), Napoleonic Wars (1798–1815), and the Battle of Dubica (1788 ) , Battle of Cetingrad (1790) etc.
He has received several awards for his services, including the Knight's Cross of the Maria Theresa Order , which he received on December 19, 1790 in his 23rd doctorate. He advanced relatively quickly: in 1773 he became a major, in 1786 a colonel (in the first regiment of the Banat military frontier ), in 1793 major general and in 1801 a field marshal lieutenant .
Count Antun Pejačević von Virovitica died shortly afterwards, on September 25, 1802 , in his castle in Virovitica.
See also
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Pejáchevich, Anton (I.) Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 21st part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1870, p. 434 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Short biography of Count Antun Pejačević in the encyclopedia of the Lexicographical Institute “Miroslav Krleža”
- Count Anton Pejačević in the list of imperial and imperial generals of the Austrian State Archives
- Personal data of Lieutenant Field Marshal Pejačević
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pejačević, Antun |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pejačević from Virovitica, Antun; Pejatschewitsch von Virovitica, Anton (German) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian nobleman, politician and military from the House of Pejačević |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1749 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Osijek |
DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1802 |
Place of death | Virovitica |