Karl Georg Otto Maria Graf von Huyn (18 November 1857 – 21 February 1938) was an

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colonel general and the last military governor of Galicia during

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Biography

Karl Georgy Huyn was the son to Johann Carl Huyn and Natalie Born. Following his father, Karl Georg Huyn attended the

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, located in

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, after attending a military school in

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. He excelled in the school, later to become a lieutenant in the

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Regiment No.2 on 24 April 1879. The following year he was transferred to the

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Regiment No. 11. From 1881 to 1883 he attended a war school in

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and completed it with great success. Afterwards he was appointed to the general staff in

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and later to

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as a first lieutenant in 1884. Huyn was promoted to captain in 1887, serving briefly in

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as part of the Second Army Corps from Vienna. In April 1891 he was awarded the Knight's Cross and the Order of the Golden Lion in the

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. After his marriage to Maria Ignatia Countess Lutzow on 16 March 1892, Huyn was a Major for a

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appointed in

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. In the same year he was appointed the chief of staff of the cavalry in

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. He was promoted to general of the cavalry shortly before the outbreak of

and Huyn was given command of the newly formed XVII Corps that formed part of the 4th Army under General

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. After several unsuccessful operations in the Komarów area, Karl Georg Huyn was relieved of his command at the instigation of Auffenberg and was ordered off to Vienna. In 1917 he was given the post of military governor of Galicia in

, so on 1 March 1917, he was appointed governor in the Kingdom of Galicia and

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with the Grand Duchy of Kraków. In 1918 he resisted liquidation, thinking it was impossible for

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to form up again. Galicia was lost in 1919 due to the collapse of Austria-Hungary after its defeat in October 1918. He died on 21 February 1938, at the age of 80.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huyn, Karl Georg 1857 births 1938 deaths Austro-Hungarian generals Military personnel from Vienna Governors of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Colonel generals Theresian Military Academy alumni