Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau

Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau (* 13 November 1861 in Neuhaus; † 6 May 1932 in Innsbruck), General in the Austro-Hungarian army while World War I, military governor of Montenegro between 1916 and 1917 and head of the Austro-Hungarian armistice commission (Armistice of villa Giusti)

Biography

Career

*1879: as Kadett-Offizierstellvertreter from Infanteriekadettenschule Liebenau to Feldjägerbataillon 27
*01. November 1880: Lieutenant, General staff branch
*01. May 1911: Major General and commander 4th Mountain Brigade
*25. April 1914: Supreme Military Court
*1. July 1914: Vice-President of SMC
*1. August 1914: Feldmarschalleutnant
*9. April 1915: Commander 47. Infanterie Division
*26. February 1916: Military Gouvernour of Montenegro
*10. July 1917: Commander X. Corps
*1. November 1917: General der Infanterie
*7. February 1918: Commander of all mobile troops in the districts of Vienna, Krakow, Lemberg
*15. May 1918: Commander XVIII. Corps
*July 1918: Commander VI. Corps
*27. October - 3. November 1918: Chief of the "Waffenstillstandskommission" with Italy

Family

Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau was married two times:
* 1886 - 1900: Therese, née Baumgartner
* 1901 - 1932: Anna, née Hebenstreit

Children

* Guido Weber-Webenau (Dr. phil.), (* 13 September 1887 in Tarvis; † ?)
* Norbert Weber von Webenau, (* 7 July 1886 in Tarvis; † 26 August 1914 killed in action in Galicia (Central Europe)

Decorations (selection)

* Knight's Cross of the Military Maria Theresia Order
* Grand Cross of the Franz Joseph Order with War Decoration
* Military Merit Cross 2nd Class with War Decoration and Swords
* Order of the Iron Crown 2nd Class with War Decoration and Swords
* Officer's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order
* Honour Insignia 1st Class of the Austrian Red Cross
* Military Merit Cross 3rd Class
* Bronze Military Merit Medal with War Decoration (Signum Laudis)
* Service Badge for Officers 2nd Class
* Military Jubilee Medal 1898
* Military Jubilee Cross 1908
* Mobilization Cross of 1912/13
* Prussian Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class
* Ottoman Iron CrescentHe was additionally appointed a Geheimer Rat (Privy Councillor).

Rank

*01.11.1880: Leutnant
*01.05.1886: Oberleutnant
*01.10.1893: Hauptmann 2. Klasse
*01.11.1895: Hauptmann 1. Klasse
*01.11.1898: Major
*01.05.1902: Oberstleutnant
*01.05.1905: Oberst
*02.05.1911: Generalmajor
*08.08.1914: Feldmarschalleutnant
*17.11.1917: General der Infanterie

References

* Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon, Limburg, 1972
* Gunther Rothenberg: "The Army of Francis Joseph", Purdue University Press, 1999, ISBN 1557531455

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/veldes1/weber.html Austrian Commanders]