Lajos Aulich (25 August 1793 – 6 October 1849) was the third

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. A professional soldier and

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in the

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, he fought against

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oppression. At them time of the War of Hungarian Independence (1848–1849) during the

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, Aulich commanded an army, who gathered, and prepared for the great Battle of Isaszeg. He became a honvédség (Hungarian Army) colonel on 2 October 1848, and was named General at the

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. He was a stickler for the rules: when

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sent him requests, he answered: "please work through Görgey." Due to his

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, he was relieved of field duty and appointed Minister of War on 14 July 1849. He was executed less than three months later as one of

the 13 Martyrs of Arad The Thirteen Martyrs of Arad ( hu, aradi vértanúk) were the thirteen Hungarian rebel generals who were executed by the Austrian Empire on 6 October 1849 in the city of Arad, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary (now in Romania), after the H ...

References

* Kedves Gyula: ''Aulich Lajos'', In: Hermann Róbert (szerkesztette): ''Vértanúk könyve'', Budapest, 2007, , 89–94. o. * Csorba László: ''A tizenhárom aradi vértanú'', Budapest, 1989, , 154–169. o. * *'' Új magyar életrajzi lexikon'' ''I. (A–Cs).'' Főszerk. Markó László. Budapest: Magyar Könyvklub. 2001. 228. o. * ''Magyar életrajzi lexikon'
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* '' Révai nagy lexikona II. köt. (Arány–Beke)''. Budapest: Révai Testvérek Irodalmi Intézet Részvénytársaság, 132. o. (1911) * * 1793 births 1849 deaths Politicians from Bratislava Hungarian-German people Defence ministers of Hungary Executed Hungarian people The 13 Martyrs of Arad Military personnel from Bratislava {{Hungary-politician-stub