Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau 1916
Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau (* 13 November 1861 in Neuhaus; † 6 May 1932 in Innsbruck), General in the Austro-Hungarian army while World War I, military governor of Montenegro between 1916 and 1917 and head of the Austro-Hungarian armistice commission (Armistice of villa Giusti)
Biography[]
Career[]
- 1879: as Kadett-Offizierstellvertreter from Infanteriekadettenschule Liebenau to Feldjägerbataillon 27
- 01. November 1880: Lieutenant, General staff branch
- 01. May 1911: Major General and commander 4th Mountain Brigade
- 25. April 1914: Supreme Military Court
- 1. July 1914: Vice-President of SMC
- 1. August 1914: Feldmarschalleutnant
- 9. April 1915: Commander 47. Infanterie Division
- 26. February 1916: Military Gouvernour of Montenegro
- 10. July 1917: Commander X. Corps
- 1. November 1917: General der Infanterie
- 7. February 1918: Commander of all mobile troops in the districts of Vienna, Kraków, Lemberg
- 15. May 1918: Commander XVIII. Corps
- July 1918: Commander VI. Corps
- 27. October - 3. November 1918: Chief of the "Waffenstillstandskommission" with Italy
Family[]
Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau was married two times:
- 1886 - 1900: Therese, née Baumgartner
- 1901 - 1932: Anna, née Hebenstreit
Children[]
- Guido Weber-Webenau (Dr. phil.), (* 13 September 1887 in Tarvis; † ?)
- Norbert Weber von Webenau, (* 7 July 1886 in Tarvis; † 26 August 1914 killed in action in Galicia)
Decorations (selection)[]
Military Order of Maria Theresa
- Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresia Order
- Grand Cross of the Franz Joseph Order with War Decoration
- Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with War Decoration and Swords
- Order of the Iron Crown 2nd Class with War Decoration and Swords
- Officer's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order
- Honour Insignia 1st Class of the Austrian Red Cross
- Military Merit Cross 3rd Class
- Bronze Military Merit Medal with War Decoration (Signum Laudis)
- Service Badge for Officers 2nd Class
- Military Jubilee Medal 1898
- Military Jubilee Cross 1908
- Mobilization Cross of 1912/13
- Prussian Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class
- Ottoman Iron Crescent
He was additionally appointed a Geheimer Rat (Privy Councillor).
Rank[]
- 1 November 1880: Leutnant
- 1 May 1886: Oberleutnant
- 1 October 1893: Hauptmann 2. Klasse
- 1 November 1895: Hauptmann 1. Klasse
- 1 November 1898: Major
- 1 May 1902: Oberstleutnant
- 1 May 1905: Oberst
- 2 May 1911: Generalmajor
- 8 August 1914: Feldmarschalleutnant
- 17 November 1917: General der Infanterie
References[]
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon, Limburg, 1972
- Gunther Rothenberg: The Army of Francis Joseph, Purdue University Press, 1999, ISBN 1-55753-145-5
External links[]
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