Ludwig von Kudriaffsky

Ludwig Freiherr von Kudriaffsky, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1849

Ludwig Freiherr von Kudriaffsky (born March 21, 1805 in Vienna , † January 7, 1894 in Meran ) was an Austrian general, naval officer and diplomat of Russian descent.

Life

After being raised in his father's house, he studied chemistry and physics in Vienna. In 1822 he joined the pontoon corps , where he was used as a math teacher. A trip to England aroused his interest in seafaring. In 1824 he joined the k. k. Navy over. In 1833 he went with Anton Prokesch from the east on a diplomatic mission to Egypt and Greece ; 1835 to Dresden, Berlin and St. Petersburg. From 1837 he commanded various ships in the eastern Mediterranean as a lieutenant of the line . In 1840 he took part in the storming of Saida . In 1845/46, as corvette captain, he was director of the Naval College in Venice . 1846–1848 he worked as operations director of the Danube Steamship Company . In April 1848 he was back in the navy as a frigate captain and took over command of the Imperial and Royal Navy. In the same year he went to Frankfurt with Archduke Johann to organize a German fleet . After the failure of this project he worked in 1849 as major general and brigadier in Zara and Vienna. In 1851 he taught Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian in marine science. In 1856 he was appointed Lieutenant Field Marshal . 1860–65 he was President of the Military Appeal Court in Vienna.

Works

• From the diary of a kk sea officer , editor J. v. Rechcron, in: Army and Marine Newspaper 2, 1884, No. 24–59.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Kudriaffsky, Ludwig Freiherr von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, pp. 303–306 ( digitized version ).
• Military newspaper 49. No. 3 of January 18, 1894, p. 22.
• A. Thiel, Das kuk Militär-Obergericht , 1903, pp. 62–64.
• Heinrich Bayer von Bayersburg: Austria's admirals 1719–1868 . Vienna 1960, p. 29 f.
• Rainer Egger :  Kudriaffsky, Ludwig Freiherr von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 168 f. ( Digitized version ).