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Franz Schlik
1789May, 23

Franz Schlik

Franz Schlik, Austrian earl and general (d. 1862)
Franz Joseph von Schlik of Bassano and Weisskirchen (Prague, 23

May 1789 – Vienna, 17 March 1862) was a Count and general in the Austrian Empire. He was one of the most successful Austrian generals during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

In 1808, he enrolled in the imperial army and fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He lost sight in his right eye in the Battle of Leipzig on 19 October 1813. In 1848, as a Lieutenant general, he became regent of Kraków in Poland.

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