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Johann Josef Wenzel Anton Franz Karl, Graf Radetzky von Radetz (2 November 1766 – 5 January 1858) was a Czech nobleman and Austrian field marshal. He served as chief of the general staff in the Habsburg monarchy during the later period of the Napoleonic Wars and proved instrumental in the allied victory as one of the primary architects of the Trachenberg Plan and the Leipzig Campaign.
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, an Austrian Army Field Marshal and national hero, died on January 5, 1858, after an accident in Milan. The Emperor wished that he be buried in the Capuchin crypt (the Imperial Crypt in Vienna ), however, Radetzky had bequeathed his earthly remains, and the right to bury him, to Pargfrieder, who had settled his debts ...
Johann Josef (Joseph) Wenzel (Anton Franz Karl) Graf Radetzky von Radetz (English: John Joseph Wenceslaus, Count Radetzky of Radetz, Czech: Jan Josef Václav hrabe Radecký z Radce) (Schloss Trebnitz; Czech: Trebnice), Bohemia, 2 November 1766 – Milan, Italy, 5 January 1858) was a Czech nobleman and Austrian general, immortalised by Johann ...
Lieutenant field marshal Carl Otto Freiherr von Bártokéz 1809-1814 Lieutenant field marshal Joseph Graf Radetzky von Radetz [1] 1814-1820 Prince Regent George IV of the United Kingdom: 1820-1830 King George IV of the United Kingdom 1830-1831 General of the Cavalry Josef Wenzel Graf Radetzky von Radetz 1831-1848 Carl Albert, King of Sardinia ...
Josef Graf Radetzky von Radetz: 1766–1858 1843 Karl Ludwig Graf von Ficquelmont: 1777–1857 1844 Maximilian Freiherr von Wimpffen: 1770–1854 1846 Philipp Landgraf von Hessen-Homburg: 1779–1846 1848 Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria: 1830–1916 1848 Ignaz Freiherr von Lederer: 1769–1849 1848 Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz: 1787 ...
The office was initially assumed by Field Marshal Radetzky - upon his retirement in 1857, it passed to Franz Joseph's younger brother Maximilian (who later became emperor of Mexico), who served as governor-general in Milan from 1857 to 1859.
The Austrian garrison at Milan was well equipped and commanded by an experienced general, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, who despite being over 80 years old, was energetic and rigid. Radetzky had no intention of yielding to the uprising.
Under the command of Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, it seized the fortress town of Mortara. The seizure of Mortara led to a battle between Austrian and Piedmontese troops at Novara, 28 miles (45 km) west of Milan . 41,000 Austrians faced 59,000 Piedmontese and thoroughly routed their opponent as they had at the Battle of Custoza the ...