Franz Joseph, Marquis de Lusignan
Franz Joseph, Marquis de Lusignan , a Spaniard, joined the Austrian army and fought against Prussian soldiers and Belgian rebels. During the French Revolutionary Wars, he played a significant role at the Battle of Rivoli in 1797 and became a general officer. He led brigade and divisionsized forces during the Italian campaign of 1799. In the Napoleonic Wars, he twice commanded a division and was so badly wounded in 1809 that he was forced to retire from the army. From 1806 until his death he was proprietor of the Lusignan Infantry Regiment.
Lusignan was born into an old Spanish family onJune 1753 at Jaca in modernday Spain. In 1771, he entered the Habsburg service as a Fahnrich in the Ferraris Infantry Regiment 14. He fought with a Freikorps during the War of the Bavarian Succession. He became a Major in 1789, when he was stationed in the Austrian Netherlands. The following year he distinguished himself in action near Lige, overthrowing a large body of Belgian rebels with a small force. He received the Knights Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa for his efforts.
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