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Michael von Melas

1729 - 1806

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Michael Friedrich Benedikt Baron von Melas (12 May 1729 – 31 May 1806) was a Transylvanian-born General of the cavalry of Greek descent for the Austrian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. He was born in Radeln, Transylvania, Ottoman Empire (nowadays Roadeș, part of Bunești commune, Brașov County, Romania) in 1729 and joined the Austrian Army at age 17. He served in the Seven Years' War as aide de camp for Leopold Josef Graf Daun. He was promoted to colonel in 1781. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael von Melas is the 1,289th most popular military personnel (down from 1,229th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Romania (down from 198th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Romanian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Michael von Melas ranks 1,289 out of 2,058. Before him are Gustav Lombard, Joachim Lemelsen, Violette Szabo, Max Wünsche, Demetrios Ypsilantis, and Ernst-Günther Baade. After him are Issa Pliyev, Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, Walter Krüger, Gildo, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, and Helmut Kunz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Michael von Melas ranks 22. Before him are William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Christian Gottlob Heyne, Thomas Percy, Gaétan Vestris, Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, and Anders Chydenius. After him are Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Giuseppe Parini, Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, Michael Denis, Pierre André de Suffren, and Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny. Among people deceased in 1806, Michael von Melas ranks 36. Before him are George Stubbs, Federico Gravina, Horatio Gates, Eugenios Voulgaris, Fra Diavolo, and Charlotte Smith. After him are Timothy Dexter, Shah Alam II, Jean Joseph Mounier, Charles James Fox, Gabriel François Doyen, and Ignaz Schiffermüller.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Michael von Melas ranks 228 out of 844. Before him are Ștefan Barbu (1908), Ferenc Dávid (1510), Kadriye Nurmambet (1933), Miodrag Belodedici (1964), Radu Vasile (1942), and Aaron Aaronsohn (1876). After him are Kálmán Tisza (1830), Constantin Constantinescu-Claps (1884), Alexander Vencel (1944), Brunó Ferenc Straub (1914), John Houseman (1902), and Maria Tănase (1913).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Romania

Among military personnels born in Romania, Michael von Melas ranks 7. Before him are Alexander Löhr (1885), Petre Dumitrescu (1882), Artur Phleps (1881), Arthur Arz von Straußenburg (1857), Ion Mihai Pacepa (1928), and Constantin Prezan (1861). After him are Constantin Constantinescu-Claps (1884), Ecaterina Teodoroiu (1894), Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia (1859), Franz Rohr von Denta (1854), and Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten (1860).

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