See also:JULIUS See also:JACOB See also:HAYNAU (1786–1853)
, See also:Austrian See also:general, was the natural son of the See also:landgrave—afterwards elector—of See also:Hesse-See also:Cassel, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William IX
.
He entered the Austrian See also:army as an See also:infantry officer in 18o1, and saw much service in the See also:Napoleonic See also:wars
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He was wounded at See also:Wagram, and distinguished during the operations in See also:Italy in 1813 and 1814
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Between 1815 and 1847 he See also:rose to the See also:rank of See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field See also:marshal See also:lieutenant
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A violent See also:temper, which he made no See also:attempt to See also:control or conceal, led him into trouble with his superiors
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His hatred of revolutionary principles was fanatical
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When the insurrectionary movements of 1848 See also:broke out in Italy, his known zeal for the cause of See also:legitimacy, as much as his reputation as an officer, marked him out for command
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He fought with success in Italy, but was chiefly noted for the severity he showed in suppressing and punishing a rising in See also:Brescia
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It ought to be remembered that the See also:mob of Brescia had massacred invalid Austrian soldiers in the See also:hospital, a provocation which always leads to See also:reprisals
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In See also:June 1849 See also:Haynau was called to See also:Vienna to command first an army of reserve, and then in the field against the Hungarians
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His successes against the declining revolutionary cause were numerous and rapid
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In See also:Hungary, as in Italy, he was accused of brutality
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It was, for instance, asserted that he caused See also:women who showed any sympathy with the insurgents to be whipped
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His ostentatious hatred of the revolutionary parties marked him out as the natural See also:object for these accusations
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On the restoration of See also:peace he was appointed to high command in Hungary
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His temper quickly led him into quarrels with the See also:minister of See also:war, and he resigned his command in 185o
.
He then travelled abroad
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The refugees had spread his evil reputation
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In See also:London he was attacked and beaten by Messrs See also:Barclay & See also:Perkins' dray-men when visiting the brewery, and he was saved from mob violence in See also:Brussels with some difficulty
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He died on the 14th of See also:March 1853
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On the 11th of See also:October 18o8 Haynau had married Therese von See also:Weber, the daughter of Field Marshal Lieutenant Weber, who was slain at Aspern
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She died, leaving one daughter, in 185o
.
See R. v
.
Schonhals, Biographie See also:des K
.
K
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Feldzeugmeisters See also:Julius Freiherrn von Haynau (Vienna, 1875)
.
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