Ignaz Stojanich

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Ignaz Stojanich von Selin [1] also written Ignaz Stoianich (Military Frontier, around 1741 - Agram, Habsburg Empire, 23 December 1807) was an Austrian general-major. [2]

He participated in the quelling of a Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan in Transylvania in 1784. [3] [ full citation needed ]

In 1798 Stojanich commanded the Petrovaradin Krajina Infantry Regiment no. 9 of the Slavonian Generalat of the Military Frontier, headquartered in Mitrovica. [4]

After receiving a high rank in the military it was customary for the recipient Ignaz Stojanich to have his social status elevated. On 17 July 1801, he became a baron with the predicate "von Selin". [3] [ failed verification ]

He retired from the military in 1807, the year he died on 23 December in Agram, now Zagreb. [2]

References

  1. Hof- und Staats-Schematismus des Österreichischen Kaiserthumes: 1807. 1807.
  2. 1 2 "A Biographical Dictionary of all Austrian Generals during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars". www.napoleon-series.org.
  3. 1 2 Izvoarele răscoalei lui Horea: Octombrie-decembrie 1784. Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România. 1983.
  4. Brnardić, Vladimir (2005). "Slavonski generalat". Hrvatski vojnik (in Croatian) (18). Retrieved 26 September 2024.