Franz Moritz von Lacy | |
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.jpg) Count von Lacy | |
| Born | 21 October 1725 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 24 November 1801 (aged 76) Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire |
| Buried | Neuwaldegg, Vienna |
| Allegiance |  Holy Roman Empire |
| Service | Habsburg Empire |
| Years of service | 1743–1790s |
| Battles / wars | |
| Relations | Peter Graf von Lacy (father) |
| Signature |  |
Franz Moritz Graf[1] von Lacy (English: Francis Maurice de Lacy; Irish: Proinsias Muiris de Lása; Russian: Борис Петрович Ласси, tr. Boris Petrovich Lassi; 21 October 1725 – 24 November 1801)[2] was an Austrian military leader of Baltic German and Irish origins. He was the son of Count Peter von Lacy, and was a famous Austrian field marshal. Lacy served during the reign of Maria Theresa, and was a close friend to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, becoming one of the latter's advisers. He was made a count of the Holy Roman Empire, while his father had been a count of the Russian Empire.[3]
- ^ Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as 'Count', not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.
- ^ Edward de Lacy-Bellingari (1928), The roll of the house of Lacy: pedigrees, military memoirs and synoptical history of the ancient and illustrious family of De Lacy, from the earliest times, in all its branches, to the present day. Full notices on allied families and a memoir of the Brownes (Camas). Baltimore, MD: Waverly Press, viii & 409 pp. (accessible online)
- ^ Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2020), "Das irische Geschlecht O'Reilly und seine Verbindungen zu Österreich und Russland" [The Irish O'Reilly family and their connections to Austria and Russia]. In: Diachronie – Ethnos – Tradition: Studien zur slawischen Sprachgeschichte [Diachrony – Ethnos – Tradition: Studies in Slavic Language History]. Eds. Jasmina Grković-Major, Natalia B. Korina, Stefan M. Newerkla, Fedor B. Poljakov, Svetlana M. Tolstaja. Brno: Tribun EU, pp. 259–279 (accessible online), here pp. 259–261.