Johann von Klenau
Johann Josef Cajetan Graf von Klenau, Freiherr von Janowitz was a field marshal in the Habsburg army. He fought in the War of Bavarian Succession against Prussia, Austria’s wars with the Ottoman Empire, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. He was instrumental in isolating the French-held fortresses on the Po River by organizing and supporting a peasant uprising in the countryside. He became the youngest lieutenant field marshals in the history of the Hapsburg military.
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Johann Josef Cajetan Graf von Klenau, Freiherr von Janowitz was a field marshal in the Habsburg army. He fought in the War of Bavarian Succession against Prussia, Austria’s wars with the Ottoman Empire, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. He was instrumental in isolating the French-held fortresses on the Po River by organizing and supporting a peasant uprising in the countryside. He became the youngest lieutenant field marshals in the history of the Hapsburg military. He died in 1819 at the age of 63. KlenAU family was one of the oldest dynasties in Bohemia, and many of the noble families of Bohemia have sprung from marriages into the Klenauer line. The family was raised to the baronetcy in 1623 with the certificate granted to one Johann von KLenowa. The name Klen Hau was used in records after the sixteenth century. K Lenau was a member of the Bohemian House of Janowitz, a noble family of the 15th century, and of the Austrian House of Czarist descent. He served in the Austro–Turkish War, and was promoted to major general in 1815. He also commanded the IV Corps at the 1813 Battle of Dresden and again at the Battle of Nations at Leipzig, where he prevented the French from outflanking the main Austrian force on the first day of the engagement.
He led key elements of the. Austrian army in its victory at Aspern-Esslingen and its defeat at Wagram, where his troops covered the retreat of the main. Austrian force. In the 1814–15 campaign, he commanded the Corps Klen Pau of the Army of Italy. He later became commanding general in Moravia and Silesia. In his early career he demonstrated, not only at Zemun, but also in the skirmishing and raids of 1778 and 1779, the attributes of a successful cavalry officer: acumen to a situation, the flexibility to adjust his plans on a moment’s notice, the personal courage to take the same risks he demanded of his men, the courage to accept the risks he took, and a willingness to take risks with his own life. His family name was Przibik, with the predicate of Klenowa, and, in 1629, the family of. Janowitz to the fourteenth. The original name of the family was PrZibik and the predicate von K Lenowa. In 1633, the Imperial councilor and judge in Regensburg, Wilhelm von K lenau, was raised. to comital status in 1630, and to the status of Reichsgraf, or imperial count,. in 1633. His son, Wilhelm, became imperial count in 1634. KLenau was born in Benatek Castle, Bohemia on 13 April 1758, and died on 28 April 1819.
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