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Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen

1817 - 1895

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Archduke Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf Dominik of Austria, Duke of Teschen (3 August 1817 – 18 February 1895), was an Austrian Habsburg general. He was the grandson of Emperor Leopold II and one of the chief military advisors of Emperor Francis Joseph I. As Inspector General for 36 years, he was an old-fashioned bureaucrat who largely controlled the Austro-Hungarian Army and delayed modernization. He was honored with the rank of field marshal in the armies of Austria-Hungary (1863) and Germany (1893). According to historians John Keegan and Andrew Wheatcroft: He was a firm conservative in all matters, military and civil, and took to writing pamphlets lamenting the state of the Army’s morale as well as fighting a fierce rearguard action against all forms of innovation…. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen is the 372nd most popular military personnel (down from 369th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Austria (down from 224th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen is most famous for being the commander of the Austrian forces in the Battle of Wagram.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen ranks 372 out of 2,058. Before him are Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Guillaume Brune, Walther Wenck, Ban Chao, Paul von Rennenkampf, and Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Hans-Joachim Marseille, Götz von Berlichingen, George Maniakes, Kurt Knispel, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, and Albert Pike.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen ranks 12. Before him are Syed Ahmad Khan, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Charles-François Daubigny, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, and Carl Nägeli. After him are Niels Gade, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Theodor Storm, and Hermann Lotze. Among people deceased in 1895, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen ranks 16. Before him are Isma'il Pasha, Julius Lothar Meyer, Adam Opel, Julia, Princess of Battenberg, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, and John Russell Hind. After him are Charles Frederick Worth, Johann Josef Loschmidt, Nikolai Leskov, Friedrich Miescher, Arthur Cayley, and Frederick Douglass.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen ranks 228 out of 1,424. Before him are Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), Miep Gies (1909), Gerhard Berger (1959), Mercédès Jellinek (1889), and Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865). After him are Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland (1533), Erich von Stroheim (1885), Leopold I, Duke of Austria (1290), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1680), Klaus Maria Brandauer (1943), and Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen ranks 12. Before him are Franz Stangl (1908), Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643), Lothar Rendulic (1887), Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), and Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865). After him are Gustav Wagner (1911), Walter Nowotny (1920), Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Franz Böhme (1885), and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614).

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