Ignaz Stojanich

Ignaz Stojanich von Selin[1] also written Ignaz Stoianich (Military Frontier, around 1741 - Agram, Habsburg Empire, 23 December 1807) was an Austrian general-major.[2]

He participated in the quelling of a Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan in Transylvania in 1784.[3]^[full citation needed]

In 1798 Stojanich commanded the Petrovaradin Krajina Infantry Regiment no. 9 of the Slavonian Generalat of the Military Frontier, headquartered in Mitrovica.[4]

After receiving a high rank in the military it was customary for the recipient Ignaz Stojanich to have his social status elevated. On 17 July 1801, he became a baron with the predicate "von Selin".[3]^[failed verification]

He retired from the military in 1807, the year he died on 23 December in Agram, now Zagreb.[2]

References

1. Hof- und Staats-Schematismus des Österreichischen Kaiserthumes: 1807. 1807.
2. "A Biographical Dictionary of all Austrian Generals during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars". www.napoleon-series.org.
3. Izvoarele răscoalei lui Horea: Octombrie-decembrie 1784. Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România. 1983.
4. Brnardić, Vladimir (2005). "Slavonski generalat". Hrvatski vojnik (in Croatian) (18). Retrieved 26 September 2024.