Military Frontier troops
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Military Frontier troops were Habsburg border soldiers drawn largely from local Croatian and other Balkan populations, organized to defend the Military Frontier against Ottoman incursions.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
border troops
ⓘ
military unit type ⓘ |
| activeDuring |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Habsburg Monarchy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Habsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandLanguage | German ⓘ |
| demilitarized | late 19th century ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | regular Habsburg line regiments ⓘ |
| duty |
early warning against Ottoman incursions
ⓘ
manning frontier fortifications ⓘ participation in Habsburg campaigns against the Ottomans ⓘ patrolling the Habsburg–Ottoman border ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Austro-Turkish War (1737–1739) NERFINISHED ⓘ Austro-Turkish War (1787–1791) NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Turkish War NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman–Habsburg wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrisonedIn |
Banat Military Frontier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Croatian Military Frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ Slavonian Military Frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ Transylvanian Military Frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| granted | hereditary land tenure in return for military service ⓘ |
| influenced | later Austro-Hungarian light infantry traditions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high degree of militarization of frontier society
ⓘ
irregular warfare ⓘ light infantry tactics ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Croatian
ⓘ
Serbian ⓘ |
| operatedIn | Military Frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizedAs |
Grenzer regiments
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
frontier cavalry ⓘ frontier infantry ⓘ |
| partOf | Habsburg Monarchy armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAdversary | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole | border defense ⓘ |
| recruitedFrom |
Serb population in the Balkans
ⓘ
Vlachs in the Balkans ⓘ local Croatian population ⓘ other Balkan populations ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| subjectTo | direct military administration from Vienna ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Habsburg War Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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