MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ludwig von Benedek

1804 - 1881

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Ludwig August Ritter von Benedek (14 July 1804 – 27 April 1881), also known as Lajos Benedek, with the Hungarian form of Ludwig, was an Austro-Hungarian general (Feldzeugmeister), best known for commanding the imperial army in 1866 in their defeat at the Battle of Königgrätz against the Prussian Army, which ended his career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig von Benedek has received more than 109,407 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig von Benedek is the 697th most popular military personnel (down from 608th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Hungary (down from 155th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 697 out of 2,058. Before him are Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Nobutake Kondō, Alexander Pokryshkin, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, William Halsey Jr., and Abner Doubleday. After him are Sergey Gorshkov, Wilhelm Schepmann, Gordon Gollob, Bardas Skleros, Xu Da, and Jean-Baptiste Bessières.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 24. Before him are John Deere, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Carl von Rokitansky, and Eduard Mörike. After him are Stephan Endlicher, Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, Paul Gavarni, Moritz von Schwind, Viktor Bunyakovsky, and Hermann Schlegel. Among people deceased in 1881, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 25. Before him are Theobald Boehm, Hermann Lotze, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Eduard Heine, Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, and Johan Vilhelm Snellman. After him are Archduchess Clementina of Austria, Sophia Perovskaya, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Joseph Škoda, and Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 181 out of 1,077. Before him are Márta Mészáros (1931), Mór Jókai (1825), Attila József (1905), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Geraldine of Albania (1915), and Taksony of Hungary (931). After him are Ferenc Deák (1922), Joseph Kosma (1905), Adolph Zukor (1873), Péter Nádas (1942), István Sándorfi (1948), and István Dobi (1898).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Hungary

Among military personnels born in Hungary, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 3. Before him are George I Rákóczi (1593), and Gusztáv Jány (1883). After him are Maximilian de Angelis (1889), Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary (1817), Gyula Cseszneky (1914), Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin (1855), and András Toma (1925).

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