Leonidas of Popp

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Leonidas Freiherr von Popp as field marshal lieutenant in 1885

Leonidas Freiherr von Popp (born October 15, 1831 in Nussdorf (Năsăud) , Transylvania ; † December 1, 1908 in Baden near Vienna ) was an Austrian kk Real Privy Councilor , officer ( general of the infantry ), professor of strategy at the Central Cavalry school and adjutant general of the military chancellery of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Romanian descent and Romanian Orthodox denomination.

origin

Vajani - The rush to Robecchetto during the Battle of Magenta, 1859
Leonidas Freiherr von Popp as major general in 1881

Leonidas von Popp came from a very old Nussdorf border guards family. His grandfather, Grigore Pop (* 1762 in Bichigiu, † 1851 in Nussdorf), was the first officer of Romanian descent in the border regiment No. 2 in Naszód. He had four sons.

From the marriage of his son Leon (* 1797 in Feldru; † 1880 in Nussdorf) with the daughter of the kk major Wurzer from the regiment mentioned above, Leonidas and three sisters sprouted.

Life

After completing his compulsory primary school in Nussdorf, his father placed him in the local military school in 1843. Thirteen-year-old he accompanied his father to Vienna , where she an audience with Emperor Ferdinand I received. The monarch was so enthusiastic about the appearance of the young Leonidas that he made it possible for him to enter the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt .

Popp left the Theresian Military Academy as a lieutenant in 1851 and was assigned to Infantry Regiment No. 51. As a result, he attended the war school and in 1858 was taken on as a captain in the general quartermaster's staff.

He took part in the campaigns of 1859, fought daringly in the battles of Magenta and Turbigo and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Philip and the Military Merit Cross (KD) on March 3, 1860 , and as a result, the Signum Laudis Military Merit Medal on March 12, 1890 decorated on the ribbon of the Military Merit Cross . For his participation in the campaign of 1866 he was promoted to major and on October 12, 1866 received the expression of the utmost satisfaction for his behavior in front of the enemy. From November 13, 1866, he acted as chief of staff of the 14th Infantry Troop Division and on September 19, 1869 (rank of April 23 of the year) was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the general staff.

From 1870 the baron was Professor of Strategy at the Central Cavalry School and from September 1, 1875, Colonel and Reserve Commander of Infantry Regiment No. 6, then Commander of Infantry Regiment No. 48.

After Leonidas Popp had acted again in the general staff, he distinguished himself during the preparatory work for the occupation campaign of 1878 as chief of the general staff at the Agram General Command and participated in the campaign as head of the operations office of the 2nd Army, then commanded the 15th Infantry Brigade from 1879, was appointed major general in this office on May 1, 1880 (rank of May 11 of the year) and sent to Trieste to direct the construction of the fortifications. It was to be his last operational military activity.

Because of his services, the officer was honored in 1881 with the title of a Real Secret Council and the Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class , as a result of which he was raised to the rank of baron in the same year. Although he was Romanian Orthodox, he was promoted to head of the military chancellery of Emperor Franz Joseph on April 12th, and from June 11th to March 1889 he was promoted to chairman and adjutant general of the ruler.

The baron was promoted to field marshal lieutenant on November 1, 1885 (rank of October 27 of the year of the year) . On this occasion he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Romania by King Carol I of Romania . Due to a protracted illness, however, he had to take temporary retirement in March 1889 and finally retired on March 1, 1892. On December 2, 1898, the Emperor paid tribute to him again, with the title of Feldzeugmeister , who was finally renamed as General of the Infantry on November 15, 1908.

The general had ordered in his will to cremate his body. Since there was no device for this in Vienna, his remains had to be transferred to Ulm before they could make their way to his hometown Năsăud. On his first tombstone was the saying, which certainly applies to him: "Latuosque decet cui dicet in diem dixise: Vixi!" (It is due to this great one to be able to say one day: I have lived!)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b http://www.rasunetul.ro/generalul-nasaudean-leonida-pop-slujba-curtii-de-la-viena
  2. ↑ a b P. Broucek:  Popp Leonidas Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 202 f. (Direct links on p. 202 , p. 203 ).
  3. ↑ K. k. Army Ordinance Gazette, No. 13 of March 8, 1860, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, p. 37
  4. ↑ Johann Svoboda: "The Theresian Military Academy in Wiener-Neustadt and its pupils 1838-1893", Volume 2, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei., Vienna 1897, p. 203
  5. ^ A b Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: Imperial and Imperial Generals (1618-1815), Austrian State Archives / A. Schmidt-Brentano 2006, p. 142
  6. ^ Anton Mollinary Freiherr von Monte Pastello: "Forty-six years in the Austro-Hungarian Army 1833–1879", Volume 2, Verlag Art.-Institut Orell Füssli, Zurich 1905, p. 305
  7. ↑ Handbook of the Highest Court State and the Court State of His K. And K. Apostolic Majesty for the year 1906, printed and published by the kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1906, p. 216
  8. ↑ Éva Somogyi (Ed.): "The Protocols of the Joint Council of Ministers of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy", Volume 4, 1867–1918, Akadémiai Kiadó Verlag, Budapest 1993, p. 802
  9. ↑ Peter Broucek : "A General in Twilight - The Memories of Edmund Glaises von Horstenau", Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nachf. GmbH, Graz 1980, p. 293
  10. ↑ Johann Svoboda: "The Theresian Military Academy in Wiener-Neustadt and its pupils 1838-1893", Volume 2, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei., Vienna 1897, p. 15
  11. ↑ Badener Zeitung No. 98 of December 5, 1908, p. 6
personal data
SURNAME Popp, Leonidas of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Popp, Leonidas Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian kk Real Privy Councilor, General of the Infantry
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Nussdorf (Năsăud) , Transylvania
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1908
Place of death Baden near Vienna