Gabriel von Rodich

Gabriel Freiherr von Rodich

Grave of Gabriel von Rodich in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Gabriel Freiherr von Rodich ( Croatian Gabrijel barun Rodić ; born December 13, 1812 in Vrginmost , Croatia , † May 21, 1890 in Vienna ) was a Croatian nobleman of Serbian descent and general in the Austro-Hungarian army .

Life

He first attracted attention in 1835 as a border officer in a skirmish against insurgent Begs under Hussein Berbirli Aga in Bosnia, fought against the Hungarians under Jellachich ( Croatian Jelačić ) from 1848-49 and became colonel in 1851 , in 1859 for his defense of the Bay of Kotor ( Croatian Boka kotorska ; Italian Bocche di Cattaro ) against the French and Italian fleets Freiherr. In the Third Italian War of Independence in 1866, as commander of the 5th Army Corps, he contributed significantly to the victory of Custozza .

After he had appeased the uprising in the Bay of Kotor in 1869 through the Peace of Knezlac, albeit only after paying a sum of money to the rebels, he was appointed governor of the Crown Land of Dalmatia in 1870 and was eager to push the Italians back more and more and bring the Croatians to rule. He was therefore very popular with them and was called "old Gabriel" ( stari Gavro ). Dismissed in 1881 , retired as Feldzeugmeister and appointed a member of the manor house , he retired to Vienna, where he died in 1890. Gabriel von Rodich found his final resting place in the Vienna Central Cemetery (31B / 12/4).

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Rodich, Gabriel Freiherr . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 26th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, pp. 220–223 ( digitized version ).
Oscar Criste: Rodich, Gabriel Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, pp. 419-422.
Christoph Tepperberg : Rodich Gabriel Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 195 f. (Direct links to p. 195 , p. 196 ).

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personal data
SURNAME	Rodich, Gabriel von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rodich, Gabriel Freiherr von; Rodić, Gavrilo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Croatian nobleman, Austro-Hungarian general
DATE OF BIRTH	December 13, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vrginmost , Croatia
DATE OF DEATH	May 21, 1890
Place of death	Vienna