András Hadik
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Andreas Hadik (by Georg Weikert, 1783)
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October 16, 1710 Csallóköz or Kőszeg, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Died | March 12, 1790 (aged 79) Futak, Kingdom of Hungary (now Futog, Serbia) |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Occupation | Field Marshal of the Habsburg Army, Governor of Galicia and Lodomeria |
| Known for | Capturing the Prussian capital Berlin in the Seven Years' War |
| Relatives | Karl Joseph Hadik von Futak |
Count András Hadik de Futak (German: Andreas Reichsgraf Hadik von Futak; Hungarian: futaki Hadik András gróf; Slovak: Andrej Hadík; October 16, 1710 – March 12, 1790) was a Hungarian nobleman and Field Marshal of the Habsburg Army. He was Governor of Galicia and Lodomeria from January 1774 to June 1774, and the father of Karl Joseph Hadik von Futak. He is famous for capturing the Prussian capital Berlin during the Seven Years' War.
András Hadik, son of a lesser noble family, was born on October 16, 1710 in Csallóköz (then Kingdom of Hungary, now Žitný ostrov in Slovakia) or in Kőszeg, Kingdom of Hungary. He had Hungarian,Luxembourgian and Slovak ancestors. According to another source, he was of Hungarian ethnic origin, but the name "Hadik" is a diminutive from the Slovak appellative had ("snake"), the family was thus of Slovak extraction. Alternative theories also suggest his Tartar or Cherkess ancestry.
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