Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau

Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau
Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau 1916
Born	(1861-11-13)13 November 1861 Neuhaus, Carinthia
Died	6 May 1932(1932-05-06) (aged 70) Innsbruck
Allegiance	Austro-Hungarian Empire
Service/branch	Austro-Hungarian Army
Years of service	1879-~1918
Rank	General der Infanterie

Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau (* 13 November 1861 in Neuhaus; † 6 May 1932 in Innsbruck), General in the Austro-Hungarian Army during 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
• 1 November 1880: Lieutenant, General staff branch
• 1 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, Kraków, 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)

Decorations (selection)

Military Order of Maria Theresa

• 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 Crescent

He was additionally appointed a Geheimer Rat (Privy Councillor).

Rank

• 1 November 1880: Leutnant
• 1 May 1886: Oberleutnant
• 1 October 1893: Hauptmann 2. Klasse
• 1 November 1895: Hauptmann 1. Klasse
• 1 November 1898: Major
• 1 May 1902: Oberstleutnant
• 1 May 1905: Oberst
• 2 May 1911: Generalmajor
• 8 August 1914: Feldmarschalleutnant
• 17 November 1917: General der Infanterie

References

• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon. Limburg. 1972. 
• {{cite web

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• Rothenberg, Gunther E. (1999). The Army of Francis Joseph. Purdue University Press. ISBN 1-55753-145-5. 

External links

• Austrian Commanders