Ignaz Stojanich von Selin[1] also written Ignaz Stoianich (Serbian Cyrillic: Игнатије Стојанић; Military Frontier, around 1741 - Agram, Habsburg Empire, 23 December 1807) was an Austrian general-major of Serbian origin.[2][3] who is best remembered for participating in the quelling of a revolution in Transylyvania in 1784.[4][5]
After receiving a high rank in the military it was customary for the recipient Ignaz Stojanich to have his social status elevated. On 17 July 1801, he became a baron with the predicate "von Selin".[4][5] He retired from the military in 1807, the year he died on 23 December in Agram, now Zagreb.[3]
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- ↑ Hof- und Staats-Schematismus des Österreichischen Kaiserthumes: 1807. 1807. https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Hof_und_Staats_Schematismus_des_%C3%96sterre/g8Y_AAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Ignaz+Stojanich%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA249&printsec=frontcover.
- ↑ "Стојанић - Порекло". https://www.poreklo.rs/2012/03/13/stojani%c4%87/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A Biographical Dictionary of all Austrian Generals during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars". https://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/Austria/AustrianGenerals/c_AustrianGeneralsS2.html#S127.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ignaz Stojanich - Google Search". https://www.google.com/search?q=Ignaz+Stojanich&tbm=bks.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Izvoarele răscoalei lui Horea: Octombrie-decembrie 1784. Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România. 1983. https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Izvoarele_r%C4%83scoalei_lui_Horea_Octombrie/f-XiAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Ignaz+Stoianich&dq=Ignaz+Stoianich&printsec=frontcover.
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