Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller

Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller

Field Marshal Khevenhüller (part of the Maria Theresa Monument between the Museum of Art History and the Museum of Natural History in Vienna )

Statute in the Army History Museum .

Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Count von Aichelberg-Frankenburg (born November 30, 1683 in Linz , † January 26, 1744 in Vienna ) was an imperial ( Austrian ) field marshal and commander-in-chief from the House of Khevenhüller from Carinthia .

Life

He fought under Prince Eugene in the War of the Spanish Succession and distinguished himself in the battles of Peterwardein (1716) and Belgrade (1717), whereupon he was promoted to sergeant-general of the cavalry in 1723 and to field marshal lieutenant in 1733 .

In the Battle of Parma (June 29, 1734) the Austrian Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Mercy , fell, whereupon Khevenhüller held the command of the army in Italy until Field Marshal Königsegg arrived .

In 1736 Khevenhüller was appointed field marshal on the recommendation of Prince Eugene . Shortly afterwards, he proved himself in the Russo-Austrian Turkish War in the Battle of Radojevatz (September 28, 1737), where he made a breakthrough through a superior Turkish army.

In the War of Austrian Succession Khevenhüller achieved its greatest successes. As the commander-in-chief of the army on the Danube, he not only drove the French and Bavarian troops out of Austria within a few days , but also invaded Bavaria and conquered Munich . In the summer of 1742 he had to lack of troops to withdraw, but the following campaign under the command of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine he conquered southern Bavaria back and forced in June Emperor Charles VII. , The Convention of low-Schonfeld to accept.

On his return to Vienna, Maria Theresa awarded him the Order of the Golden Fleece .

Khevenhüller died unexpectedly on January 26, 1744 in Vienna . His grave is in the Schottenkirche .

reception

Through the imperial resolution of Franz Joseph I on February 28, 1863, Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller was added to the list of the “most famous warlords and generals of Austria worthy of perpetual emulation” . In their honor and memory there is also a life-size statue in the general hall of the at that time newly established kk Hofwaffenmuseums (today: Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien ) was built. The statue was created in 1866 by the sculptor Waldemar Schützinger from Carrara marble and was dedicated by the Khevenhüller family.

Names after Khevenhüller

• In 1876 a street in Linz was named after Khevenhüller, who had conquered Linz on January 24, 1742.
• In 1888, Khevenhüller was named after the kuk infantry regiment No. 7 .
• In 1963 the army barracks in Klagenfurt-Lendorf was named after him and the 25th Jäger Battalion stationed there refers to the tradition of this regiment.
• The 7th regimental march “Khevenhüller March” was composed by Anton Fridrich.
• In 1997 the grammar school in Linz's Khevenhüllerstrasse was renamed " Khevenhüller grammar school ".

Works

• GFM Count von Khevenhüller's observation points for his dragoon regiment (1734 and 1748)
• Brief description of all military operations (Vienna 1756; French as Maximes de guerre , Paris 1771).

literature

• Karl Friedrich Hermann Albrecht:  Ludwig Andreas Khevenhüller, Count of Aichelberg on Frankenburg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 706-708.
• Grete Mecenseffy:  Khevenhüller, Ludwig Andreas Graf von Khevenhüller-Frankenburg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 571 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Hubert Fankhauser: regimental history of the kuk infantry regiment Graf von Khevenhüller No. 7, 1914–1918. Publishing house Buchdienst Südtirol, 2007.

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : The Army History Museum Vienna. The museum and its representative rooms . Kiesel Verlag, Salzburg 1981, ISBN 3-7023-0113-5 , p. 34
2. ↑ www.Linz.at: Linzer street names
3. ↑ Homepage of Jägerbataillon 25 ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Khevenhüller Gymnasium Linz: History ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.