Central military administrative authority of the Habsburg monarchy
For the Bavarian Hofkriegsrat that existed from 1620 until 1808, see Ministry of War (Kingdom of Bavaria).
The Hofkriegsrat (or Aulic War Council, sometimes Imperial War Council) established in 1556 was the central military administrative authority of the Habsburg monarchy until 1848 and the predecessor of the Austro-Hungarian Ministry of War. The agency was directly subordinated to the Habsburg emperors with its seat in Vienna.
The Hofkriegsrat (or Aulic War Council, sometimes Imperial War Council) established in 1556 was the central military administrative authority of the Habsburg...
the Battle of Saint Gotthard. Afterwards, he became president of the Hofkriegsrat and briefly returned as supreme commander of the Imperial forces during...
commander of the city of Vienna, imperial field marshal and president of the Hofkriegsrat. He was the son of Ferrante de Gazzuolo and Isabella Gonzaga, and thus...
started to reform the Austrian army in 1801 by taking away power from the Hofkriegsrat, the military-political council responsible for the armed forces. Charles...
bis zur Auflösung (Bamberg, 1912) Imperial Austrian Army (1806–1867) Hofkriegsrat List of Lieutenant Field Marshals of the Holy Roman Empire André Corvisier...
to no avail—they didn't respect any officers."[citation needed] The Hofkriegsrat of Vienna immediately took measures: they strengthened the Habsburg troops...
the imperial forces. In 1762 he had been appointed president of the Hofkriegsrat. By order of Maria Theresa, a monument to his memory was erected by Balthasar...
the Carbonari revolt in the Savoyard state. He became president of the Hofkriegsrat in 1831, but would die only a few months later in Vienna. Chapman, Tim...
January 1650, Vienna) was an Imperial Field Marshal and president of the Hofkriegsrat. As a young man, he fought in Hungary under Giorgio Basta for Rudolf...
1715) was an Austrian diplomat, Field marshal and President of the Hofkriegsrat. Heinrich Franz came from the powerful House of Mansfeld, and was the...
started to reform the Austrian army in 1801 by taking away power from the Hofkriegsrat, the military-political council responsible for decision-making in the...
was an Imperial Field Marshal and from 1739 to 1762, President of the Hofkriegsrat (Imperial War Council). Johann Joseph Philipp Graf Harrach came from...
imperial general during the Great Turkish War and President of the Hofkriegsrat Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg (1899–1956), Austrian nationalist politician...
major reform of the Austrian army's artillery and became a member of the Hofkriegsrat. In 1769, he became Proprietor (Inhaber) of an Austrian infantry regiment...
joint action however, as following the strategic plans of the Austrian Hofkriegsrat under Baron Thugut, Charles had been ordered to move his main command...
populations, and Vojvodina, containing a substantial Serb population. Hofkriegsrat-controlled Military Frontier separated the Kingdoms of Croatia and Slavonia...
in the Kingdom of Sardinia that same year. He became president of the Hofkriegsrat in 1831, but died a few months later at Vienna. One or more of the preceding...
Italy, save for a handful in the Maritime Alps and around Genoa. But the Hofkriegsrat did not choose to take advantage, and sent Suvorov with his Austrian...
interior of the palace was left unfinished when work stopped in 1719. The Hofkriegsrat commissioned Fortunato di Prati to make several plans for the palace...
Hermann of Baden-Baden, Imperial field marshal and president of the Hofkriegsrat (d. 1691) William Christopher of Baden-Baden, margrave of Baden and canon...