Gabriel Anton Splényi de Miháld, Field Marshal, Baron

Nagy Iván: Magyarország családai Vol. X. p. 331-332.

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-család (miháldi báró), Tirolból ered s a XVI. sz. óta honos Magyarországban; ősei itt a reformáció első hivei közé tartoztak. A leszármazás S. (előbb Neussel) Jakab rózsahegyi evang. lelkésztől hozható le. Fiai: Illés, Jeremiás és Jakab 1655. címeres nemeslevelet kaptak. Gábor Antal (szül. 1690., megh. 1762) lovassági tábornok és gyermekei 1735 febr. 2. miháldi előnévvel bárói rangra emeltettek. Fiaival Gáborral és Józseffel a család idősb és ifjabb ágra szakad. Gábor (szül. 1734 okt. 2., megh. 1818 ápr. 1-én) altábornagy, valóságos belső titkos tanácsos, a Mária-Terézia-rend vitéze, Szabolcs vármegye főispánja; fia Ignác (szül. 1772 ápr. 3., megh. 1840 márc. 20.) lovassági tábornok, a magyar testőrség kapitánya; ennek fia Lajos (l. o.) József, az ifjabb ág megalapítója (szül. 1744., megh. 1836.), koronaőr, valóságos belső titkos tanácsos, ennek fia Károly (szül. 1780 aug. 8., megh. 1863 máj. 21.) császári és királyi kamarás, lovas-százados, kinek unokája Ödön (l. o.).

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nemesi előneve: miháldi, báró, császári és királyi kamarás, valóságos belső titkos tanácsos, altábornagy, Szabolcs vármegye főispánja

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Gabriel Anton Baron von Spleny de Mihaldy. Field Marshal Lieutenant and Commander of the Military Order of Maria Theresa, born to Ternyn in Upper Hungary on 2 October 1734 † on April 1, 1814 to Szilvas-Ujfalu, son of a general of the Imperial cavalry. He received his first education at the Jesuit school in Košice and later came into the Theresian Knights Academy since it was intended for the Civil Service State. The urge to become a soldier, but soon came to a breakthrough, his father placed him in 1752 the Empress Maria Theresa before that immediately appointed him ensign. 1757 | p appears already as a captain in the infantry regiment No. 39, took part in some battles of the Seven Years' War with distinction in part, was on 8 May 1760 to the Major and on February 6, 1768 appointed a ruler and commander of the regiment.. In the ensuing period of peace, he devoted himself with great zeal the practice of the new rules. The the Hofkriegsrathe this regard sent in relation says that "particular Preysach" (as then called the Regiment) "have distinguished themselves darinn before all others ... especially the Preysach'sche colonel Baron Splényi his special abilities and zeal ohnermüdeten all praise worthy . " Gelegenheitlich the acquisition of Bukovina was General S. - appointed in May 1773 for this purpose - entrusted with the organization of this country, which task he was so righteous in all even the Civil Administration branches that he, when he at the outbreak of baierischen succession war again active in the Army occurred, could leave a wohlorganisirte province. Then assign the dislocated from Feldzeugmeister Ellrichshausen commandirten, in Moravia and Silesia Corps, he made the battles of the campaign 1778-1779 in large part with, to have received without much opportunity to excel and in 1785 was appointed Field Marshal Lieutenant. - Sent by Strojestie In Turkish wars 1788-1789 by commanding General Josias Prince of Coburg-Saalfeld, he was commissioned, found there to unite with the Russian auxiliary troops, then advance to Jassy and to relieve Chotym. S. took over on July 15, the Commando of 3 battalions and 16 squadrons, throughout 5430 man. During his rise, he was attacked on August 31, 1788 at Belcesti with superior numbers, but drove the enemy to flight, which Jassy be taken and S. on 3 September with his troops could store from this city. To protect the Transylvanian border, he wanted to occupy the Szereth-Thal, broke on 22 September of Jassy, ​​and moved under constant battles against very slowly, so that he only stood on 13 October at the Adschud Trotus where it on the following day was attacked, the enemy but soon rejected. The brilliant success was rewarded with the award of the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa. In the next year received p command against Fokšani where collected the enemy advance. His corps consisted of 6000 infantry, 2300 cavalry and 25 guns. On June 6, the advancement began, under perpetual minor skirmishes he came on August 1 against Foskšani where was aufmarschirt in battle array and S. received the command of the right wing. Here he performed prodigies of valor, threw the enemy cavalry and infantry stormed to the top of the enemy entrenchments and the monastery and Samuel Dragoi Obideni. Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg said in his relation from: "that exquisite S. was thanking the good fortune of this day." The awarding of the Maria Theresa Order Commandeurkreuzes was the reward of his courageous and umsichtsvollen behavior. 1790 S. was used for various military and diplomatic missions. 1791 appointed Lord Lieutenant of the county Zabolcser from Emperor Leopold. At the outbreak of the French Revolutionary War S. was in the army in Germany and lived with the battles near Germersheim, low-Hochstädt and Weyher on 22 July 1793 where he commanded the right wing of the position Wurmser's. Later in the 20th / 8th for containment Landau commanded on the right Queichuser, he hit an enemy loss in Insheim back on 12 September. In 1794 he was interim commander of Olomouc, in 1795 a secret council and was from 1796-1800 to Nagy-Kallo in Hungary after the commander of the aristocratic insurrection beyond the Tisza 1799 | was appointed. S. has served not less than 66 years under 4 monarchs as a warrior in the field and as a statesman in the council with brilliant, always untroubled successes and died at the age of 80 years.

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báró, altábornagy, titkos tanácsos, a Mária Terézia lovagrend tagja