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|branch=Infantry |serviceyears=1775–1809 |rank=Feldmarschall-Leutnant |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= |battles= |battles_label= |awards=Military Order of Maria Theresa, Knight's Cross 1788 |relations= |laterwork=Inhaber of Infantry Regiment # 48 |signature= |website= }} Baron Josef Philipp Vukassovich ((クロアチア語:Barun Josip Filip Vukasović); 1755 – 9 August 1809) was a Croatian soldier who joined the army of Habsburg Monarchy and fought against both Ottoman Empire and the First French Republic. During the French Revolutionary Wars, he commanded a brigade in the 1796–1797 Italian campaign against Napoleon Bonaparte. He led a division during the Napoleonic Wars and received a fatal wound in action. While serving in the Grenz infantry from the Croatian Military Frontier, Vukassovich received a coveted military award for notable actions in battle against the Ottomans. Still leading his Grenzers, he fought against the French in Italy. While still a colonel, he was entrusted with the command of an infantry brigade in early 1796. Finally appointed a general officer, he participated in nearly every battle in Italy that year, including all four Austrian attempts to raise the Siege of Mantua. In 1799, he led troops in Italy against the French with success. The following year saw him leading troops against Bonaparte again. Appointed to lead a division in Italy in 1805, Vukassovich was soon sacked for failing to halt a French attack. The year 1809 found him leading a division in the invasion of Bavaria. He fought capably in several actions near Regensburg in April. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Wagram in July while leading his troops. Among Austrian generals, he demonstrated above-average initiative and skill, particularly in 1796 and 1809. He was Proprietor (Inhaber) of an Austrian infantry regiment. ==Early career== Vukassovich was born in 1755. Sources place his birthplace either in Senj or in Sveti Petar, present day village of Bruvno near Gračac. His father was major Petar Vukasović who commanded the fourth Grenz infantry company of the Croatian Military Frontier, headquartered in Sveti Petar.〔Horvat, p. 22, 29〕 His mother Ana, née Bašić, was also of a Grenz infantry officer family.〔Hollins (2004), p. 29.〕 His birthplace which is in today's Croatia, was initially a nominal part of Kingdom of Croatia within Habsburg Monarchy, but later fully transferred under direct imperial rule as part of the larger Military Frontier. Croatian Military Frontier was placed under the unified control of the Croatian General Command in 1783.〔Fine, pp. 370–471.〕 Graduating in 1771 from the Theresian Military Academy located in the castle of Wiener Neustadt, he joined his home Liccaner (Gospić) Grenz regiment in 1775.〔 When promoted to ''Oberleutnant'' (first lieutenant) in 1780, Vukassovich served in Montenegro.〔 The Austrians planned to start an uprising from within Montenegro, to liberate the Balkans, and Vukassovich and Ludvig Pernet were part of the delegation that were to win over the Montenegrin chiefs. By 1787, he had risen in rank to ''Hauptmann'' (captain) in the Liccaner (Gospić) Grenz Infantry Regiment # 1. During the Austro-Turkish War (1787-1791), he fought with distinction, earning the Military Order of Maria Theresa on 15 November 1788. He was named to the nobility as a Freiherr in December 1788. In 1789 he raised a freikorps, which soon reached a strength of 3,000 men in 12 companies of infantry and 4 squadrons of hussars.〔Hollins (2004), p. 30.〕 During the Austro-Turkish War, Vukassovich served as freikorps' acting commander with the rank of ''Major'', and was then promoted to ''Oberstleutnant'' (lieutenant colonel).〔 Vukassovich married Johanna Pulcheria Malfatti von Kriegsfeld. She was 24 years younger and outlived him by many years, dying in 1854. He had four children, sons Josip and Filip and daughters Marija and Ana. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Josef Philipp Vukassovich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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