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Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf

1852 - 1925

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Franz Xaver Josef Conrad von Hötzendorf (after 1919 Franz Conrad; 11 November 1852 – 25 August 1925), sometimes anglicised as Hoetzendorf, was an Austrian general who played a central role in World War I. He served as K.u.k. Feldmarschall (field marshal) and Chief of the General Staff of the military of the Austro-Hungarian Army and Navy from 1906 to 1917. He was in charge during the July Crisis of 1914 that caused World War I. For years he had repeatedly called for preemptive war against Serbia to rescue the multiethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was, he believed, nearing disintegration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf has received more than 525,808 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf is the 308th most popular military personnel (up from 309th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Austria (up from 190th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf was an Austrian military officer who was most famous for his role in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf ranks 308 out of 2,058. Before him are Meng Tian, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Alexander Löhr, Vasily Blyukher, Dmitry Yazov, and Kurt Meyer. After him are Sejanus, John J. Pershing, John Demjanjuk, Boris Shaposhnikov, Fyodor Tolbukhin, and Benedict Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf ranks 16. Before him are Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Joseph Joffre, Francisco Tárrega, Charles Taze Russell, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. After him are Constantin Fehrenbach, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Alice Liddell, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, H. H. Asquith, and Tewfik Pasha. Among people deceased in 1925, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf ranks 23. Before him are Władysław Reymont, Léon Bourgeois, Vajiravudh, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, and Wong Fei-hung. After him are Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, Félix Vallotton, Hjalmar Branting, Eugen Sandow, Aleksey Kuropatkin, and Karl Abraham.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf ranks 185 out of 1,424. Before him are Eric Kandel (1929), Karl Seitz (1869), Otto of Freising (1114), Mercédès Jellinek (1889), Elizabeth of Austria (1437), and Eduard Strauss (1835). After him are Maria Anna of Austria (1683), Klaus Ebner (1964), Constance of Austria (1588), Falco (1957), Anna Maria Mozart (1720), and Elizabeth of Austria (1526).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf ranks 9. Before him are Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (1886), Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643), Franz Stangl (1908), Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Lothar Rendulic (1887), and Alois Brunner (1912). After him are Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817), Gustav Wagner (1911), Walter Nowotny (1920), Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), and Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705).

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