Joseph of Sokcsevits

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Joseph Freiherr von Sokcsevits 1863

Joseph Freiherr von Sokcsevits , Croatian Josip barun Šokčević , (born March 7, 1811 in Winkowitz , † November 16, 1896 in Vienna ) was a Croatian-born kk officer ( Feldzeugmeister ), owner of the Line Infantry Regiment No. 78, the Banat Border Regiments No. 10 and 11, Privy Council , and Ban of Croatia and Slavonia .

Life

After his training at the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt , which he graduated with honors, and his retirement on October 10, 1830 as an ensign with the Infantry Regiment No. 2 Emperor Alexander of Russia, his officer career developed rapidly. So he was already on January 14, 1831 lieutenant in Dom Miguel Infantry Regiment No. 39 and on August 1, 1833 first lieutenant . In 1837 he was a lieutenant captain in the Lombard Infantry Regiment No. 23 and on August 1, 1838 he was promoted to captain , then in the 2nd Szekler border regiment No. 15 and there on May 20, 1842 to major. He was at the same time adjutant and consultant in the general command of Hermannstadt under the commanding general field marshal lieutenant Paul Freiherr von Wernhardt .

Proclamation of the Republic of Venice, March 1848

After being transferred to the Freiherr von Sivkovich infantry regiment, he became a lieutenant colonel there on April 20, 1846 . In this capacity he came on October 29, 1846 to the Mariassy Infantry Regiment No. 37, where the officer was promoted to colonel and commander of this regiment on June 30, 1848 , ensuring his loyalty to the imperial family. In the summer of 1849 he took part with the regiment in the siege of Venice until it was surrendered.

Sokcsevits was promoted to major general and brigadier in Petrinja on October 16, 1849 , in Mitrowitz in 1850 , and then on June 21, 1854 adjutant general of the fourth army under Freiherr von Hess . He was awarded the Military Merit Cross for his prudent behavior.

From February 17, 1857 he was Lieutenant Field Marshal and Head of the Presidential Office in the Army High Command, from March 1858 he was a Privy Councilor and deputy to the Croatian Banus Count Jellačić , who had been on leave for health reasons. After Jellačić 'death he succeeded the new Ban Count Coronini von Cronberg in his office as governor and commanding general in the voivodeship of Serbia and Temeser Banat based in Timisoara on July 28, 1859. After joining the Order of the Iron on December 31, 1859 Crown 1st class had been decorated, he received the baron class. On January 17, 1860, he was appointed owner of the Croatian-Slavonian infantry regiment No. 78, which had been newly formed from the line infantry regiments No. 17, 47 and 53, and finally, on January 29, 1860, he was appointed a lifelong Extraordinary Imperial Councilor.

After Coronini's surprising resignation as Ban, the Baron, on the recommendation of Diakovar Bishop Joseph Georg Stroßmayer , became Banus, Supreme Captain and Commanding General of Croatia and Slavonia , Governor of Fiume (Rijeka) and President of the Banaltafel in Agram (Zagreb ) on June 9, 1860 ) appointed. He held this post for seven years, until June 27, 1867. The initially provisional appointment of his successor Baron Levin Rauch was intended to break the resistance of the Croatian National Party to an understanding between Croatia and Hungary. In the same year, the Habsburg Empire was reconstituted as the dual monarchy Austria-Hungary , and Croatia came back under Hungarian control.

While he was serving as a Ban on January 4, 1867, he was appointed Feldzeugmeister . He was retired on May 1, 1868 at his own request. Sokcsevits first spent his twilight years in Hochenegg near Cilli and Graz , later in Vienna, where he also died.

Awards (selection)

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Barons of Sokcsevits

1860 : A blue shield, crossed diagonally to the right by a golden bar, which is accompanied by two pointed flags on interlaced black shafts, crossed by black and yellow, and three golden stars in the right-shifted triangle below. The baron crown rests on the shield with a crowned tournament helmet aimed at it. On the crown of the helmet there is an outspread black eagle with a knocked out red tongue. The helmet covers are underlaid with gold on both sides. Two gold, red-tongued lions facing each other are attached to a bronze-colored arabesque that spreads beneath the shield as shield holders.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Military schematism of the Austrian Empire, kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1839, p. 146.
  2. ^ Court and State Manual of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Part 1, Imperial Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1844, p. 590.
  3. ^ Military Schematism of the Austrian Empire, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1851, p. 131
  4. ^ A b Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: The kk or kuk generals 1816-1918. Austrian State Archives, Vienna 1907, p. 174.
  5. ↑ K. k. Army Ordinance Gazette , 7th year, January to the end of December 1857, kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1857, p. XXXIV.
  6. ↑ Military schematism of the Austrian Empire. kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, March-April 1858, p. 1046.
  7. ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach: Biographical Lexicon of the Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 6th part, kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1860, p. 253.
  8. ↑ K. k. Army Ordinance Gazette , No. 1 of January 6, 1860, kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, p. 93.
  9. ^ Military weekly paper for the German armed forces. Volume 1, Eduard Zernin publishing house, Darmstadt & Leipzig 1860, p. 6.
    Constantin von Wurzbach: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 6th part, kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1860, p. 253.
  10. ↑ Military Schematism of the Austrian Empire kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, March-April 1858, p. 91.
  11. ^ Ivan Bojničić: The nobility of Croatia and Slavonia. In Siebmacher's large Wappenbuch, vol. IV, 13th department, Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1899, p. 172.
personal data
SURNAME Sokcsevits, Joseph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Šokčević, Josip; Šokčević, Josip Freiherr von; Sokcsevits, Joseph Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-Hungarian Feldzeugmeister and Ban of Croatia
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Winkowitz
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1896
Place of death Vienna