George Olivier, count of Wallis
| George Olivier, count of Wallis | |
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| Born | 1671 Vienna |
| Died | 19 December 1743 (aged 71 or 72) Vienna |
| Allegiance | Holy Roman Empire |
| Service/branch | Army |
| Years of service | 1690–1740 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Commands held | Mainz (1731–34) |
| Battles/wars |
Great Turkish War (Zenta), War of the Spanish Succession, Ottoman–Venetian War, Austro-Turkish War (Petrovaradin), War of the Quadruple Alliance, Anglo-Spanish War, War of the Polish Succession, Austro-Turkish War (Grocka) |
George Olivier, Count of Wallis (German: Georg Olivier Graf von Wallis, Freiherr von Carrighmain; 1671 in Vienna – 19 December 1743 in Vienna) was a field marshal of Irish descent in the service of the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and last regent of the Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia (1738–1739). Born into an Irish family, he distinguished himself in Sicily by his capture of Messina. He then commanded on the Rhine (1733), then in Italy and Hungary. He lost the decisive Battle of Grocka against the Ottoman Empire in 1739, thus leading to the peace of Belgrade, which was unfavourable to Austria and thus led to his disgrace.
Georg Olivier's ancestor was Richard Wallis of Carrickmines, County Dublin, who became one of the first Irish officers in imperial service in 1632. He died later that year after being wounded in the Battle of Lützen. Richard's eldest son Theobald returned to Ireland, with this branch of the family from then on taking the name Walsh, whilst his youngest son Olivier remained in the imperial Austrian army and became the founder of the Austrian Wallis branch before dying in 1667 as a major general in Hungary. Theobald's son, Feldzeugmeister Ernst Georg Wallis (died 1689) was the father of George Olivier and his elder brother Franz Paul von Wallis (died 1737).
George Olivier of Wallis married for the first time to Countess Maria Antonia of Götzen. After her death he married Maria Theresie, Countess of Kinsky auf Kunitz and Tettau. His only son and heir was Georg Stephan (19 July 1744 – 5 February 1832).
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