Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg

Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg ( gróf, 30 November 179128 September 1848) was an Austrian soldier and statesman, who held the military rank of field marshal (German: Feldmarschallleutnant). He had a short but important role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Early life and ancestry He was born into the House of Lamberg, which originated in Carinthia, Austria. Franz Philip was the eldest son of Count Philip Joseph von Lamberg (1748–1807), Imperial and Royal Chamberlain and landowner and his wife, born Baroness Borbála Luzsénszky de Luzsna and Reglicze (1771–1843). His maternal grandfather, Baron György Luzsénszky (1721–1773) was owner of extensive lands in Hungary. Life Lamberg was born in Mór, Hungary on 30 November 1791. He entered into service in the Austro-Hungarian Army (German: Landstreitkräfte Österreich-Ungarns) in 1810, aged 18 or 19. He was promoted to the rank of major general (German: Generalmajor) in 1834 and to the rank of field marshal (German: Feldmarchall) in 1842. He became the Chief of Staff of the imperial and royal forces stationed in Hungary in 1834. Aside from his military career, Lamberg also worked as a journalist and writer. His first publications were in the newspaper Hírnök ("Messenger" in Hungarian) in Pozsony (Bratislava, Slovakia), and he wrote multiple books in both German and Hungarian, the most well-known being Another Terra Incognita. Knowledge and Facts About the Non-Hungarian Domains of the Austrian Empire (Még egy Terra Incognita. Ismeretek 's tudnivalók az ausztriai birodalom nem magyar tartományairól), published in 1841 in Pozsony. In 1844, he was considered for a membership in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.