Gabriel Anton, Baron Splény de Miháldy ( Ternye, Hungary, 2 October 1734 - Szilvás-Újfalu, Hungary, 1 April 1818) was a nobleman and general of the

Austrian Empire The Austrian Empire (german: link=no, Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling , ) was a Central-Eastern European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence, ...

during the

War of the First Coalition The War of the First Coalition (french: Guerre de la Première Coalition) was a set of wars that several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797 initially against the Kingdom of France (1791-92), constitutional Kingdom of France and then t ...

, retiring in 1795, also the first District-Governor of

Bukovina Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter BergerT ...

(1774-1778).

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A Biographical Dictionary of all Austrian Generals during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
1734 births 1818 deaths People from Prešov District Hungarian nobility Field marshals of Austria 18th-century Hungarian people 19th-century Hungarian people Austrian Empire military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars Politicians of Bukovina Austro-Hungarian politicians {{Hungary-noble-stub