HAYNAU, JULIUS JACOB (17861853)

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HAYNAU, JULIUS JACOB (17861853) , Austrian general, was the natural son of the landgraveafterwards electorof Hesse-Cassel, William IX. He entered the Austrian army as an infantry officer in 18o1, and saw much service in the Napoleonic wars. He was wounded at Wagram, and distinguished during the operations in Italy in 1813 and 1814. Between 1815 and 1847 he rose to the rank of field

marshal

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

lieutenant

LIEUTENANT

. A violent temper, which he made no attempt to

control

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

or conceal, led him into trouble with his superiors. His hatred of revolutionary principles was fanatical. When the insurrectionary movements of 1848 broke out in Italy, his known zeal for the cause of legitimacy, as much as his reputation as an officer, marked him out for command. He fought with success in Italy, but was chiefly noted for the severity he showed in suppressing and punishing a rising in Brescia. It ought to be remembered that the mob of Brescia had massacred invalid Austrian soldiers in the

hospital

, a provocation which always leads to

reprisals

REPRISALS (Fr. represailles, from reprendre; Lat. reprehendere, to take back)

. In June 1849 Haynau was called to Vienna to command first an army of reserve, and then in the field against the Hungarians. His successes against the declining revolutionary cause were numerous and rapid. In

Hungary

HUNGARY
HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

, as in Italy, he was accused of brutality. It was, for instance, asserted that he caused women who showed any sympathy with the insurgents to be whipped. His ostentatious hatred of the revolutionary parties marked him out as the natural object for these accusations. On the restoration of peace he was appointed to high command in

Hungary

HUNGARY
HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

. His temper quickly led him into quarrels with the minister of war, and he resigned his command in 185o. He then travelled abroad. The refugees had spread his evil reputation. In London he was attacked and beaten by Messrs Barclay & Perkins' dray-men when visiting the brewery, and he was saved from mob violence in Brussels with some difficulty. He died on the 14th of

March

1853. On the 11th of October 18o8 Haynau had married Therese von Weber, the daughter of Field

Marshal

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Lieutenant

LIEUTENANT

Weber, who was slain at Aspern. She died, leaving one daughter, in 185o.
See R. v. Schonhals, Biographie des K. K. Feldzeugmeisters

Julius

JULIUS

Freiherrn von Haynau (Vienna, 1875).

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