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Peter Von Vécsey
Peter, Freiherr von Vécsey or Peter Vécsey de Hernádvécse et Hajnácskeő ( hu, hernádvécsei és hajnácskeői gróf Vécsey Péter; 13 July 1768 – 21 July 1809) was an Imperial Austrian military commander of Hungarian descent who took part in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. As a ''Freiherr'' (Baron), he was a member of the Austrian landless nobility. He make his mark while leading cavalry units and advanced in rank to become a general officer in 1808. He led an independent brigade during part of the 1809 campaign, and was mortally wounded while leading his troops in battle. Early career Peter Vécsey de Hernádvécse et Hajnácskeő was born into a military family on 13 July 1768 at Bodolló, Abaúj County in the Kingdom of Hungary.Smith & Kudrna, ''Peter Vécsey'' Having joined the army at age 17, Vécsey served in the Austrian cavalry. As a ''Rittmeister'', he served in the ''Kaiser'' Chevauleger Regiment Nr. 1 during the War of the First Coal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abaúj County
Abaúj ( la, comitatus Abaujvariensis, sk, Abov, german: Neuburg or ) is a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. In parts of the 19th century, and in the beginning of the 20th century, it was united with Torna County to form Abaúj-Torna (Slovak: ''Abov-Turňa)'' county. Its territory is now in eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary. Today Abaúj and Abov are only informal designations of the corresponding territories in Hungary and Slovakia. Geography Abaúj was situated some 20 km on both sides along the Hornád (Hungarian: ''Hernád'') river between (including) Košice and (excluding) Miskolc. Abaúj shared borders with the Comitatus Scepusiensis (Hungarian: ''Szepes'', German: ''Zips'', Slovak: Spiš), Comitatus Sarossiensis (Hungarian: ''Sáros'', Slovak: Šariš), Comitatus Zempliniensis (Hungarian: Zemplén, Slovak: ''Zemplín''), Comitatus Borsodiensis (Hun: Borsod) and Comitatus Tornensis (Hungarian: ''Torna'', Slovak: Turň ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |