List of Austrian field marshals

The list of Austrian field marshals denotes those who held the rank of Feldmarschall in the Austrian or Austro-Hungarian armies.

For earlier Austrian field marshals, see List of field marshals of the Holy Roman Empire.
Field marshal
Feldmarschall
Rank flag
Feldmarschall of the k.u.k. Army (gorget patch)[1]
Country Austria-Hungary
Service branch Austro-Hungarian Army
Rank groupField marshal
Formation1805
Abolished1918
Next higher rankNone
Next lower rankGeneraloberst (1915–1918)
General of the branch (1805–1915)
Feldmarschall of the k.u.k. Army (service uniform)[2]
Feldmarschall of the k.u.k. Army (dress uniform)[2]
Field marshal's baton of Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen at the Museum of Military History, Vienna.

Austrian Empire
Appointed Portrait Name Lifespan
1805 Prince Adam Czartoryski-Sangusco 1734–1823
1805 Duke Ferdinand Frederick Augustus of Württemberg 1763–1834
1808 Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary 1776–1847
1808 Charles-Joseph, Prince de Ligne 1735–1814
1808 Wenzel Joseph von Colloredo 1738–1822
1808 Josef Freiherr Alvinczy von Borberek 1735–1810
1808 Joseph Comte de Ferraris 1726–1814
1809 Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde 1757–1845
1809 Johann Graf von Kolowrat-Krakowsky 1748–1816
1809 Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein 1760–1836
1812 Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg 1771–1820
1818[3] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 1769–1852
1824 Heinrich XV, Prince of Reuss-Plauen 1751–1825
1826 Camille Joseph Graf Lambertie 1746–1826
1830 Archduke Ferdinand of Austria 1793–1875
1830 Friedrich Franz Xaver, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen 1757–1844
1833 Christoph von Lattermann 1753–1835
1836 Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este 1781–1850
1836 Archduke Johann of Austria 1782–1859
1836 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 1787–1862
1849 Laval Graf Nugent von Westmeath 1777–1862
1854 Eugen Graf Wratislaw von Mittrowítz-Nettolitzky 1786–1867
15 July 1859 Heinrich Freiherr von Heß 1788–1870
4 April 1863 Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen 1817–95
19 October 1867 Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg 1803–73

Austria-Hungary
Appointed Portrait Name Lifespan
4 May 1900 German Empire Wilhelm II, German Emperor 1859–1941
1 May 1904 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Edward VII of the United Kingdom 1841–1910
8 December 1914 Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen 1856–1936
21 November 1916 Emperor Karl I of Austria 1887–1922
23 November 1916 Archduke Eugen of Austria 1863–1954
25 November 1916 Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf 1852–1925
5 November 1917 Hermann Freiherr Kövess von Kövessháza 1854–1924
5 November 1917 Alexander Freiherr von Krobatin 1849–1933
30 January 1918 Franz Freiherr Rohr von Denta 1854–1927
31 January 1918 Eduard Freiherr von Böhm-Ermolli 1856–1941
1 February 1918 Svetozar Boroević von Bojna 1856–1920
19 May 1918 Ottoman Empire Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire 1844–1918
24 October 1918 Archduke Joseph of Austria 1872–1962

See also

Footnotes
  1. Instruction (de: Adjustierungsvorschrift) of the k.u.k. Army as to 1871; Issue from 1911
  2. Instruction (Adjustierungsvorschrift) to the k.u.k. Heer.
  3. James William Edmund Doyle (1886). "Wellington". The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. Vol. 3. London: Longmans Green and Co. pp. 615–620.
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