Franz Gyulai
| Ferenc Gyulay | |
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Ferenc József Gyulay, 1850
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| Born |
1 September 1799 Pest, Hungary, Habsburg Empire |
| Died | 1 September 1868 (aged 69) Vienna, Austria |
| Allegiance |
 Austrian Empire
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| Years of service | 1816–1859 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Battles/wars |
First Italian War of Independence Second Italian War of Independence |
Count Ferenc Gyulay de Marosnémethi et Nádaska (1 September 1799 – 1 September 1868), also known as Ferencz Gyulai, Ferencz Gyulaj, or Franz Gyulai, was a Hungarian nobleman who served as Austrian Governor of Lombardy-Venetia and commanded the losing Austrian army at the Battle of Magenta.
Gyulay was born on 1 September 1799 in Pest,Hungary to parents Ignác Gyulay von Maros-Németh und Nádaska and Maria Freiin von Edelsheim.
At the age of seventeen in 1816 he served as a leutnant in the 60th "Ignác Gyulay" infantry battalion. In 1820 he was transferred to the Hesse-Homburg hussar brigade as an oberleutnant and just a year after he was promoted to hauptmann of the Imperial uhlans. In 1826 he was appointed the head of the Württemberg hussar brigade and soon after in 1829 he became the oberstleutnant of the Hesse-Homburg infantry. In 1831 he was promoted to the rank of oberst and in 1838 to generalmajor. In 1846 he was already the generalleutnant of the 33rd infantry battalion. In 1847 he was the abteilungsführer and military captain of the vicinity of Triest.
Gyulay's first war-time assignment came in 1848 when the Revolutions of 1848 broke out. First he had to face the Italian states' menace at Pola. He had to defend the imperial fleet stationed in Pola of being seized by its insurgent crew. He immediately relieved the Italian-born sailors of their duties and warned the ships already in sail to do the same. He put the cities of Triest and Pola on defense, armed the ships and filled up their missing Italian crew with people from the local commercial ships. He organized an ad hoc boat squadron as well. Gyulay regrouped the troops retreating from Venice at Isonzo. His efforts prevented a joint Napolitan-Sardinian fleet from ambushing the key ports in the Istria. The Battle of Custoza eased the pressure on the Adriatic coast and Gyulay's precautionary measures secured the area.
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