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Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg
Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg, scion of the great Bohemian noble house, was born on 8 June 1867. In addition to being the namesake of the famous saviour of the Habsburg Empire in 1848, he was the last commander of the famed Kaiserjäger Division, and arguably won the greatest laurels for the Habsburg armies in World War I through his triumph at the Battle of Caporetto in Octobert 1917.

Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg died on 18 November 1946.

GWS, 11/05

Orders of Battle:  Italian Front, 25 May 1915
Immediately following the Italian declaration of war
5. Army, GdI Svetozar v. Boroevic
   Chief of Staff, GM
Aurel v. le Beau
   XVI. Korps, FZM
Wenzel v. Wurm
     48. inf. div., FML Gabriel
                   11. mtn. brig., GM Lawrowski
                   12. mtn. brig., Obst Prinz Schwarzenberg

Orders of Battle:  Roumanian Front, November 1916
Immediately preceding the conquest of Roumania
Southern Front, Prinz Leopold v. Bayern
Linsingen Army Gruppe, GdI
v. Linsingen
    Litzmann Army Gruppe, GdI v. Litzmann
    Dieffenbach Gruppe, GLt Dieffenbach
        46. Schützen div., GM von Urbanski
        48. inf. div., GM Prinz Schwarzenberg
        22. Deutsch inf. div., GLt Dieffenbach

Orders of Battle:  Italian Front, 24 October 1917
Immediately preceding the Battle of Caporetto
Erzherzog Eugen Armee Front,
FM Erzherzog Eugen
14. Deutsche
Armee, GdI Otto v. Below
     1. closed troop:  4. k.u.k. inf. div., FML Pfeffer
         13 k.u.k. inf. div., FML
Julius v. Kaiser
         23. k.u.k. inf. div., GM v. Iwanski
  Krauss Gruppe, I. Korps, GdI
Alfred Krauss
         k.u.k. Edelweiss inf. div., GM v. Wieden
         22. k.u.k. Schützen div., GM Müller
         55. k.u.k. inf. div., GM Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg
         Deutsch Jäger div., Obst v. Wodke

Orders of Battle: Italian Front, November 1917
Immediately following the end of the Caporetto offensive
Erzherzog Eugen Armee Front, FM Erzherzog Eugen
14. Deutsche Armee, GdI
Otto v. Below
     Gruppe Krauss, k.u.k.. I. Korps, GdI
Alfred Krauss
         Edelweiss inf. div., GM v. Wieden
         22. Schützen div., GM Müller
         55. inf. div., GM Prinz zu Schwarzenberg


Orders of Battle:  Italian Front, Mid-June 1918

Immediately preceding the Piave Offensive
Army Group Conrad, FM Franz Conrad v. Hötzendorf
10. Armee, FM
Alexander v. Krobatin
   XIV. Edelweiss Korps, GdI 
Verdross v. Drossberg
       Kaiser Jäger div., GM Prinz zu Schwarzenburg


Orders of Battle:  Italian Front, Mid-October 1918

Immediately preceding the Battle of Vittorio Veneto
Army Group Erzherzog Josef, GO Erzherzog Josef
10. Armee, FM
Alexander v. Krobatin
   XIV. Edelweiss Korps, GdI 
Verdross v. Drossberg
        Kaiser Jäger div., GM Prinz zu Schwarzenberg
        19. inf. div., FML Elmar
        Res., Edelweiss inf. div., FML v. Alpenbach