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Archduke Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf Dominik of Austria, Duke of Teschen (3 August 1817 – 18 February 1895), was an Austrian Habsburg general. He was the grandson of Emperor Leopold II and one of the chief military advisors of Emperor Francis Joseph I.
Archduke Albrecht was the eminence grise in the circle around Emperor Franz Joseph. His military successes had secured him a position of authority at the Viennese Court.
One of the most conservative Habsburg personalities in the nineteenth century, Archduke Albrecht came to symbolize the upholding of the Absolutist values that were widely shared in the dynasty and diametrically opposed to the modernizing currents prevailing in society at the turn of the century.
Albrecht was one of the most conservative Habsburgs of the nineteenth century. He became a symbol of the traditional monarchical values that were widely held in the dynasty and were to be so diametrically opposed to the modernizing currents abroad in society around 1900.
Take Archduke Albrecht (1817-1895), for example, grandson of Emperor Leopold II and nephew of Emperor Franz I/II. Albrecht enjoyed some significant victories as a military commander, where he attained the rank of Field Marshall and ended his career as General Inspector of the entire imperial army.
Archduke Albert was an able field marshal who distinguished himself in the suppression of the Italian Revolution of 1848 and in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and whose reforms turned the Austrian Army into a modern fighting force after its rout by Prussia.
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