Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg

Edmund Leopold Friedrich Fürst Schwarzenberg ( born November 18, 1803 in Vienna, † November 17, 1873 at Castle Worlik in Bohemia ) was the last appointed in the 19th century Austrian Field Marshal.

Life

The youngest son of the victor of Leipzig 1813, Field Marshal Prince Karl Schwarzenberg entered 1821 as a cadet in the Imperial Army and went through in rapid succession, the upper and staff officer 's career. In 1836 he was assigned to Colonel and commander of the cuirassiers No. 4 and 1844 as Major General the Court War Council. The Revolution of 1848 saw him as a brigade commander under the command of Radetzky in Italy, where he was able to excel in a number of battles. In the battle for Milan, he gained at Vigentin on August 4, 1848 Maria Theresa Order.

Shortly thereafter, he was transferred to the seat of war in Hungary, where he mitmachte the campaign in winter 1848/49. Even during the war in 1859, he was now being used as a commander of the 3rd Army Corps in Italy. On 24 June he took part in the Battle of Solferino. After a short time he held the command of the 2nd Corps in the following months of peace and thus was commanding general in Lower and Upper Austria, Salzburg and Styria, he was dismissed from the end of 1860 " for health reasons " from further service.

On the occasion of the unveiling of his father's memorial on the Schwarzenberg in Vienna on 18 October 1867 he was promoted to field marshal. He was thus the last officer of the k.u.k. Army, who received this rank in the 19th century.

In 1820 he became a member of Alte Leipziger fraternity.