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HAYNAU, JULIUS JACOB (1786–1853)

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HAYNAU, See also:JULIUS See also:JACOB (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 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. He was wounded at See also:Wagram, and distinguished during the operations in See also:Italy in 1813 and 1814. Between 1815 and 1847 he See also:rose to the See also:rank of See also:field See also:marshal See also:lieutenant. 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. His hatred of revolutionary principles was fanatical. 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. 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. 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. In See also:June 1849 Haynau was called to See also:Vienna to command first an army of reserve, and then in the field against the Hungarians. His successes against the declining revolutionary cause were numerous and rapid. In See also:Hungary, as in Italy, he was accused of brutality.

It was, for instance, asserted that he caused See also:

women who showed any sympathy with the insurgents to be whipped. His ostentatious hatred of the revolutionary parties marked him out as the natural See also:object for these accusations. On the restoration of See also:peace he was appointed to high command in Hungary. 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. The refugees had spread his evil reputation. 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. He died on the 14th of See also:March 1853. 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. She died, leaving one daughter, in 185o. See R. v. Schonhals, Biographie See also:des K.

K. Feldzeugmeisters Julius Freiherrn von Haynau (Vienna, 1875).

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