Franz Graf von Wimpffen
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Generalfeldmarschall Franz Graf von Wimpffen |
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Wimpffen photographed by Ludwig Angerer (1860)
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| Statthalter of the Austrian Littoral | |
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In office 1850–1854 |
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| Appointed by | Franz Joseph I |
| Preceded by | Johann von Grimschitz |
| Succeeded by | Eduard von Bach |
| Rector of Milan | |
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In office 3 August 1848 – 6 January 1849 |
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| Appointed by | Franz Joseph I |
| Preceded by | Gabrio Casati |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Pestalozza |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 April 1797 Prague, Bohemia, Austria |
| Died | 26 November 1870 (aged 73) Gorizia, Istria, Austria-Hungary |
| Spouse(s) | Marianne von Eskeles (m. 1825; d. 1862) |
| Children | Heinrich Felix Viktor Agidius |
| Profession | Military officer |
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| Allegiance |
 Austrian Empire Austria-Hungary
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| Service/branch |
.svg){kind=small} Austro-Hungarian Army Austro-Hungarian Navy
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| Years of service | 1813–1870 |
| Rank |
Second lieutenant Major general Field marshal Admiral (navy) |
| Unit | Trieste Brigade 1st Austrian Army |
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Franz Emil Lorenz Heeremann Graf von Wimpffen KSMOM (2 April 1797 – 26 November 1870) was an Austrian General and Admiral who served as Administrative Head of the Austro-Hungarian Navy from 1851 to 1854.
Franz von Wimpffen was born in Prague on 2 April 1797, the son of Karl Franz Eduard von Wimpffen (1776-1842), who served as Chief of the Austrian General Staff from 1824 to 1830, and Victoria von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg . He was the owner of Kainberg, Reitenau and Eichberg castles and estates in Austria and, as a Roman Catholic, was a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He was commissioned Unterleutnant in October 1813 and served as an artillery officer during the last three years of the Napoleonic Wars, in the German campaign of 1813, the French campaign of 1814, and the Neapolitan War in 1815.
On 5 October 1825 he married Maria Anna (Marianne) Cecilia Bernhardine Freiin von Eskeles, who converted from Judaism to Catholicism, in Hietzing, Austria. She was born at the Palais Eskeles, Vienna, Austria, on 2 March 1802, daughter of Bernhard von Eskeles and wife Caecilie (Zipperche) Itzig, from whom she inherited a fortune in and bonds, and died in Munich, Bavaria, on 10 August 1862.
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