Count András Hadik de

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( hu, gróf futaki Hadik András; german: Andreas Graf Hadik von Futak; sk, Andrej Hadík; 16 October 1710 – 12 March 1790) was a Hungarian nobleman and

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of the Imperial Army (Holy Roman Empire), Imperial Army. He was Governor of Galicia and

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from January 1774 to June 1774, and is the father of

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. He is famous for capturing the

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n capital

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during the

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Early life

András Hadik, son of a lesser noble family, was born on October 16, 1710, in Csallóköz (then

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, now Žitný ostrov in

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) or in

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. He had Hungarian,Mária Terézia hadvezére (Maria Terezia's general), Válogatás Hadik András táborszernagy Hadtörténelmi Levéltárban őrzött irataiból(Winnowing from András Hadik Colonel-General's kept records in The Record Office of the Ministry of Defence, (Hungary))/ ditor: Gyongyi Farkas 2000. Cited sentences(translation): "His father was a cavalrymen with Hungarian ancestry. Franciska Hardy had Luxembourgian ancestry and German vernacular

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ancestors. According to another source, he was of Hungarian ethnic origin, but the name "Hadik" is a diminutive from the Slovak appellative ''had'' ("snake"), the family was thus of Slovak extraction. Contrary to this belief, Hadik himself had no knowledge of the Slovak language. Alternative theories also suggest his

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ancestry. His father, Mihály Hadik (d. 1733) was a cavalryman. His mother, Franziska Hardy was of

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. András Hadik volunteered for the Ghilányi

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regiment of the Imperial Army (Holy Roman Empire), Imperial Army when he was 20, and at 22 he was given the rank of officer and became the standard bearer in the Dessewffy hussar regiment. Hadik fought in the

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and the

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. In 1738, Hadik was promoted to the rank of

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Military successes

During the

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, Hadik gained fame for his actions against the

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near the city of

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squadrons. During the war, he served under

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and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1744 he gained the rank of Commanding Colonel of his own hussar regiment, then near the end of the war in 1747 he attained the rank of General and was appointed commander of a

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brigade. Early in the

, Hadik executed the most famous hussar action in history: when

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was marching south with his armies, the Hungarian general unexpectedly swung his 5,000 force of mostly hussars around the Prussians and captured their capital of Berlin. The city was spared for a negotiated ransom of 300,000

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s, which he distributed among his troops. For this feat, Hadik was promoted to the rank of

. He was also awarded the Grand Cross of the

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Marriage and issue

András was married to Countess Franziska Lichnowsky von Woschütz (1725-1787). They had two sons and one daughter: * Countess Mária Jozefa Hadik de Futak (1750-1842); married in 1765 to Prince Jerzy Marcin Lubomirski (d. 1811); no issue * Count János (1755-1833); married in 1783 to Countess Franziska Josepha Theresia Breunner (1763-1829); had issue * Count Károly József (1756-1800); married in 1781 to Countess Maria Theresia

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(1756-1844); had issue

Legacy

Slovak National Academy of Defense of Marshal Andrej Hadík (2004–2008) was named after him. * András Hadik. Hungary issued a postage stamp in his honor on 1 January 1943. * The above stamp overprinted 1 Pengo on 10 filler was issued on 1 May 1945 I the Liberation of Hungary series. * On 1 February 1946 in the overprinted series the 10 filler stamp was overprinted 40 filler.colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/179874-Count_András_Hadik_1710-1790_field_marshal-Overprinted-Hungary

Image gallery

Image:Srednja_poljoprivredna_škola_Futog_-_zadnja_strana.JPG, Hadik castle in

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Image:Husaren Elsterwerda_Oktober_2007_1.jpg, Hungarian Hadik-

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in Germany, 2007 Image:Hadik Andras dij.JPG, András Hadik prize Image:Hadik András.jpg, András Hadik Image:Futaki gróf Hadik András 1825 Felső Magyar Országi Minerva.png, András Hadik Image:Hadik_András_Buda.JPG, András Hadik's sculpture in

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References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20110126233135/http://hungarian-history.hu/lib/thou/thou08.htm * http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Poland.htm * http://www.napoleon-series.org/reviews/military/c_duffy.html * http://www.militaryheritage.com/hadiksword.htm
Records about András Hadik (Maria Terezia's general, second volume, 2002. Editor: Gyongyi Farkas) (In Hungarian)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadik, Andreas Austrian generals Austrian military personnel of the Seven Years' War Cavalry commanders Hungarian soldiers Hungarian military personnel Hungarian nobility Andras People from Kőszeg People from Dunajská Streda District 18th-century Hungarian people 18th-century Austrian people 1710 births 1790 deaths Governors of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Grand Crosses of the Military Order of Maria Theresa People of the Silesian Wars