Eugen von Falkenhayn (General, 1792)
Eugen II. Isidor Graf von Falkenhayn (born April 4, 1792 in Schrems , Lower Austria , † September 16, 1853 in Girincs , Kingdom of Hungary ) was an Austrian general of the cavalry .
Life
Eugen came from the old Naumburg noble family Falkenhayn and was the son of the chamberlain Eugen I. Graf von Falkenhayn (1761-1826) and Maria Anna Countess von Veterani-Mallentheim (1767-1852).
Falkenhayn was the landlord of Droß , Ottenschlag and Rechberg in Austria and Girincz in Hungary . He was a chamberlain, secret councilor , general of the cavalry and captain of the satellite bodyguard .
In 1848 he accompanied the imperial court to Innsbruck and Olomouc . In 1849 he became military commander of Upper Austria and Salzburg.
family
In 1825 he married Karoline Countess Colloredo-Wallsee (1802–1835), daughter of Franz de Paula the Elder. , Count Colloredo-Wallsee. His sons were:
- Franz (1827–1898), member of the Austrian manor house
- Julius (1829–1899), Governor of Upper Austria and later Minister of Agriculture
- Ladislaus (1833–1865), wing adjutant to Emperor Franz Joseph I.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Falkenhayn, Eugen Isidor Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 4th part. Typogr.-literar.-artist publishing house. Establishment (L. C. Zamarski, C. Dittmarsch & Comp.), Vienna 1858, p. 137 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses for the year 1876 p. 267 .
- Roman Freiherr von Procházka : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian noble families , page 89, Verlag Degener & Co, Neustadt (Aisch) 1973.
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| SURNAME | Falkenhayn, Eugen von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Falkenhayn, Eugen Graf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian general of the cavalry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schrems |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1853 |
| Place of death | Girincs |