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MILITARY PERSONNEL

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 482,019 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf is the 309th most popular military personnel (up from 331st in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Austria (up from 208th 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 309 out of 1,468Before him are John J. Pershing, Emilio De Bono, Juan Pujol García, Alexander Löhr, Dmitry Yazov, and Arthur Nebe. After him are Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, John Franklin, Xiahou Dun, Qutayba ibn Muslim, Maximilian von Spee, and Wu Sangui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf ranks 16Before him are William Ramsay, Francisco Tárrega, Joseph Joffre, Charles Taze Russell, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Alice Liddell. After him are Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Calamity Jane, Julius Richard Petri, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, and Tewfik Pasha. Among people deceased in 1925, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf ranks 23Before him are Percy Fawcett, Wong Fei-hung, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Władysław Reymont, Johann Palisa, and Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar. After him are Vincenzo Peruggia, Félix Vallotton, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, John Singer Sargent, Oliver Heaviside, and Vajiravudh.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf ranks 190 out of 1,237Before him are Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), Maria Theresa of Austria (1816), Alfred Schütz (1899), Maria Schell (1926), Anna of Tyrol (1585), and Ludwig Minkus (1826). After him are Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853), Karl Böhm (1894), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1745), Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553), and Miep Gies (1909).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf ranks 9Before him are Józef Poniatowski (1763), Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (1886), Franz Stangl (1908), Lothar Rendulic (1887), Alois Brunner (1912), and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817). After him are Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Walter Nowotny (1920), Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818), Karl Silberbauer (1911), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), and Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924).