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Rank
  
Admiral

Name
  
Hermann Spaun


Parents
  
Joseph von Spaun

Allegiance
  
Austria-Hungary

Hermann von Spaun

Born
  
9 May 1833Vienna, Austrian Empire (today Austria) (
1833-05-09
)

Commands held
  
Chef der Marinesektion (Commander of Navy) (December 1897-October 1904)

Died
  
May 28, 1919, Gorizia, Italy

Hermann Freiherr von Spaun (9 May 1833 – 28 May 1919) was an admiral in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy from December 1897 to October 1904.

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Background

Von Spaun was born in 1833 in Vienna the capital of the Austrian Empire as the son of Joseph von Spaun and Franziska Roner Edle von Ehrenwert. He married Emma Lobmeyr on 28 April 1893 in Trieste.

Honours

The cruiser SMS Admiral Spaun was named in his honour.

Literature

  • A. Schmidt-Brentano: "Spaun Hermann Frh. von". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 13, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957–2005, p. 6 f. (Direct links to "p. 6", "p. 7")

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    Hermann von Spaun Wikipedia
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