Joseph Count Lucchesi d' Averna

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Joseph Count Lucchesi d'Averna was a high-ranking Austrian commander in the Seven Years' War. At the Battle of Leuthen, he rallied his cavalry against the Prussian attack. He was promoted several times: Generalfeldwachtmeister on 25 March 1741, lieutenant field marshal on 5 July 1745, and General of the Cavalry on 12 June 1754 (retroactive to 3 December 1748). He died on 5 December 1757 in Leuthen, Silesia, when a cannon shot decapitated him while leading an assault to capture the Butterberg artillery of the Prussians.