Eduard von Paar

Eduard Graf von Paar as Colonel General; Drawing by Oskar Brüch

Eduard Graf von Paar (born December 5, 1837 in Vienna ; † February 1, 1919 there ) was an Austro-Hungarian officer (most recently in the rank of Colonel General ) and for a long time adjutant general to Emperor Franz Joseph I.

Life

Von Paar came from the originally Italian Paar family , who had risen to become Habsburg postmasters and who had acquired property in Bohemia and Styria. Like his younger brother, who later became General Alois Graf von Paar , he embarked on a military career at an early age. He graduated from the Theresian Military Academy in 1857 and then joined Uhlan Regiment No. 1 as a lieutenant . He continued to serve in the cavalry before becoming orderly officer of Emperor Franz Joseph I on April 15, 1866 . From August 18, 1866, he took the position of a wing adjutant to the emperor. During this time he was regularly listed as Rittmeister in the cuirassier regiment No. 9 . It was not until 1869 that he returned as a lieutenant colonel to a troop command in Dragoon Regiment No. 4 . Five years later he was promoted to colonel and took over the regiment as commander. In 1879 he commanded the 4th Cavalry Brigade , meanwhile promoted to Major General .

This was followed by promotion to field marshal lieutenant (1884) and finally his return to the emperor's entourage. In 1887, Paar was appointed adjutant general of Franz Joseph I. As one of the emperor's closest advisers, Paar exerted the greatest influence on his military views and decisions, both organizationally, personally and politically. Paar was promoted to cavalry general in November 1891 and culminated in his career as colonel general on February 27, 1916.

After the Kaiser died in November 1916, the couple was initially put up for discussion by Kaiser Karl I in January 1917 and retired in 1918.

Numerous well-known aristocrats and officers took part in his blessing, which took place on February 4, 1919 in the Palais Paar on Wollzeile in Vienna. He was buried in Bechin in South Bohemia, whose castle was owned by the Paar family.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Daily newspaper Wiener Zeitung , Vienna, No. 29, February 5, 1919, p. 7, middle column

literature

• Peter Broucek :  Couple, Eduard Gf. from. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 275 f. (Direct links on p. 275 , p. 276 ). ( E-text )

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