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Friedrich
Maria Albrecht Wilhelm Karl Archduke of Austria,
Duke of Teschen
(04.06.1856 - 30.12.1936)
place of birth: Groß Seelowitz (Zidlochovice,
Czech Republic)
Österreich-Ungarn:
hon. Generalfeldmarschall
Archduke Friedrich was the Commander in
Chief of the Austro-
Hungarian Armed Forces during the First World War. He was the son of
Archduke Karl Ferdinand and his wife Elisabeth Franziska. Friedrich was
later married to Princes Isabella of Croy, with whom he had eights
daughters and one son. Emperor Franz Josef I made Friedrich commander
of the Austro- Hungarian military forces in July of 1914 in order to
keep him from interfering with Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf. In December 1914, he was
promoted to Field Marshal. He kept the post of supreme commander until
Emperor Karl I replaced him in February 1917. The Archduke died
Ungarisch-Altenburg (Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary) in December 1936.
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Generalfeldmarschall |
22.06.1915
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