Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf

Field Marshal of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1852-1925)

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Lived 1852–1925, aged 73Austria

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1852–1925
Aged 73

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Updated 2026-05-29

Chief of Austria-Hungary's General Staff from 1906 to 1917, Conrad von Hötzendorf shaped the empire's catastrophic push into World War I during the July Crisis of 1914. A military architect of the Great War's opening moves.

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Franz Xaver Josef Conrad von Hötzendorf, sometimes anglicised as Hoetzendorf, was an Austrian general who played a central role in World War I. He served as K.u.k. Feldmarschall and Chief of the General Staff of the military of the Austro-Hungarian Army and Navy from 1906 to 1917. He was in charge during the July Crisis of 1914 that caused World War I.

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