Antun Pejačević

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Antun Pejačević from Virovitica
Antun III. Count Pejačević of Virovitica
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.

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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