Ferdinand Johann von Morzin

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Ferdinand Johann Graf von Morzin (1756–1805) was a Bohemian nobleman and Austrian infantry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was born in Ptenín to Count Karl Joseph Franz von Morzin and Wilhelmine von Raisky, and he joined the army at age 14. He fought in the Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791) and was promoted to lieutenant colonel, taking command of a grenadier battalion. In 1790 he led his unit to the Bishopric of Liège to help suppress the Liège Revolution.

In 1792 Morzin fought in the Low Countries against the French, distinguishing himself in several battles: Florennes (1792), Neerwinden (1793), Le Cateau (1794), and Erquelinnes (1794), where he earned the Knight’s Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa. He also participated in the 1795 campaign with the Army of the Rhine. He was promoted to Major General in 1796 and to Lieutenant Field Marshal in 1799. After the Treaty of Lunéville, he returned to Prague as a divisional commander. Morzin died there in 1805 at the age of 49, after 35 years of military service. He was also Inhaber of Infantry Regiment No. 54 and served as Imperial-Royal Chamberlain; he had a brother, Peter Prokop von Morzin.