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 The grave of Théodore Baillet Latour at the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna. Picture by Androom (25 Jan 1999) |
Latour, Théodore-François Baillet, Graf |
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BORN 15 Jun 1780, Linz, Oberösterreich - DIED 6 Oct 1848, Wien CAUSE OF DEATH murdered by hanging GRAVE LOCATION Wien: Zentralfriedhof, Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234, Simmering (Gruppe 0, Reihe 01, Nummer 112) |
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Son of Maximilian Graf Baillet de Latour. He studied at the military academy in Wiener-Neustadt and held several positions in the army. He fought at Dresden and Leipzig during the Napoleontic Wars. He was Vice-Director General of Engineers between 1832 and 1848. On 30 Apr 1848 he became Minister of War of Austria. In October of that year he was lynched by a crowd that stormed the building where the Ministry was housed. His body was hung to a street lantarn outside. He was buried at the Währinger Ortsfriedhof in Vienna. When that cemetery was cleared his remains were transferred to the Zentralfriedhof. Events |
| 6/10/1848 | Minister of War Count Latour is murdered during riots in Vienna |
| 7/10/1848 | Emperor Ferdinand I flees from Vienna. Riots had boken out and Latour, his Minister of War, had been murdered the day before. |
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The grave of Théodore Baillet Latour at the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna. Picture by Androom (25 Jan 1999) |
Sources • Bauer, Werner T., Wiener Friedhofsführer, Genaue Beschreibung sämtlicher Begräbnisstätten nebst einer Geschichte des Wiener Bestattungswesens, Falter Verlag, Wien, 1991 • Vienna, Michelin Tyre PLC, Watford, Hertfordshire, 1998 • Rechnitz, Stefan, Grabstätten Berühmter Männer und Frauen, Eind Rundgang durch die Wiener Vorstadtfriedhöfe, Gerlach & Wiedling, Wien, 1948 • Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (editie 1909), 1909 • Latour2 |
