Minister of War (Austria-Hungary)
The Imperial and Royal Minister of War, until 1911: Reich Minister of War, was the head of one of the three common ministries shared by the two states which made up the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary from its creation in the Compromise of 1867 until its dissolution in 1918.
War Ministry building on Ringstraße, Vienna
Austrian war ministry building, Am Hof, demolished in 1913
Image: Franz John Litho
Image: Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld (Ludwig Ferdinand Graf, 1890)
Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867
The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 established the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, which was a military and diplomatic alliance of two sovereign states. The Compromise only partially re-established the former pre-1848 sovereignty and status of the Kingdom of Hungary, being separate from, and no longer subject to, the Austrian Empire. The compromise put an end to the 18-year-long military dictatorship and absolutist rule over Hungary which Emperor Franz Joseph had instituted after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Hungary was restored. The agreement also restored the old historic constitution of the Kingdom of Hungary.
Photo of the coronation oath in Pest in front of the Inner City Parish Church (Budapest)
Coronation of Francis Joseph I and Elisabeth Amalie at Matthias Church, Buda, 8 June 1867.