Laval Nugent von Westmeath

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Count

Laval Nugent von Westmeath
Illyrian Campaign of 1813 (Battle of Lippa)
Neapolitan War (Battle of San Germano)
Carbonari Rebellion
First Italian War of Independence
Hungarian Revolution of 1848

Laval

Two Sicilies
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Biography

Born at Ballinacor House, Ireland, Nugent was the son of Count Michael Anton Nugent von Westmeath, Governor of Prague.[2]

In 1793, he joined the Austrian Army, becoming Colonel in 1807, and Chief of Staff of the Army Corps of

Po valley. In 1815, during the Neapolitan War, he commanded the right wing of the Austrian Army in Italy, liberated Rome, and defeated Joachim Murat at the Battle of Ceprano and the Battle of San Germano.[citation needed
]

In 1816, Nugent was given the title of prince by

Field Marshal in 1849.[citation needed
]

In recognition of his achievements, he was created in addition to a Roman Prince (above), an Austrian Imperial Count and a Knight of the Golden Fleece. Later, in 1860, he was appointed titular Prior of Ireland of the Sovereign Military Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes of Malta.[4]

Nugent died on 22 August 1862 in the Bosiljevo Castle, near Karlovac, and his body was later transferred to a sarcophagus in the Doric temple "Peace for the Hero", in Trsat above Rijeka, next to the sarcophagus of his wife.[3]

An exhibition of his life in terms of his art collecting as well as his military career was curated at the University of Galway in 2019 here.

See also

Sources

  • Laval, Graf Nugent von Westmeath. In Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 5. Auflage, 1896.
  • Nugent, Laval Graf von. In ADB. Band 24. Duncker & Humblodt, Leipzig 1875-1912. Online: [1]
  • Nugent-Westmeath, Laval Graf. In Constantin von Wurzbach, Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 20. Band. Wien 1869. Online: [2]

References

  1. ^ "The Westmeath emigrant who found himself at the heart of the Napoleonic wars". The Irish Times.
  2. OCLC 968722045.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  3. ^
    ISBN 953-6149-00-1
  4. ^ "Order of Malta Charity Ireland | History".
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