Franz Moritz von Lacy

Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy , was the son of Count Peter von Lacy and was a famous Austrian field marshal. He served during the reign of Maria Theresa and was a close friend to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, becoming one of the latters advisers. Lacy was made a Count of the Holy Roman Empire.

His father, Count Peter von Lacy, was a Russian Field Marshal who belonged to an Irish family and had followed the fortunes of the exiled James II. His mother, Countess Martha Philippina von Loeser, was a Baltic German and the widow of the Count von Funk of Livonia. Franz Moritz was born in St Petersburg, and was educated in Germany for a military career, and entered the Austrian service. He served in Italy, Bohemia, Silesia and the Netherlands during the War of the Austrian Succession, was twice wounded, and by the end of the war was a lieutenantcolonel. At the age of twentyfive he became full colonel and chief of an infantry regiment.

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