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Johann Rohr von Rohrau, SVO-R SSGO-R (* 19 March 1775 in Vienna; † 6 August 1855 in Abazla near Fiume, Austrian Empire) was an Austrian Major general, Field commander of Naples (1815–1827) and commander of the imperial-royal Infantry Brigade No. 71 in Podgórze. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars in Italy.

Life
Johann Rohr von Rohrau came from a noble family of origin in upper Carinthia. The family was roman catholic. He joined the Infantry at the military academy and was trained as Fusilier. He began his career as an officer in the 51st Hungarian Infantry Regiment ("von Mecséry") of the imperial Austrian Army, was promoted to Unteroffizier in 1797 and to fifth Hauptmann (captain) in April 1798.

During the siege of the city of Verona by the imperial Austrian Army (Landwehr) on 30 January 1814, he was in action as an Officer under Generaldfeldmarschall (General Field Marshal) Bellegarde. Captain Rohr von Rohrau then had around 1500 ladders collected from neighbouring communities. Two days later, the troops succeeded in storming Verona. They moved on to Central Italy. After the course of the Austrians campaign against Joachim Murat, in 1815 he was appointed as a field commander in the new royal residence Naples. All the other officers in the regiment had to return to their companies. Johann was stationed in Naples for the next few years as part of the occupying forces. On 25 September 1820, he was promoted to 1st Major im in the regiment, but continued to perform the function of field commander of Naples by order of the Supreme Commander. On 12 February 1827, when the three imperial-royal regiments stationed in Naples were stationed on the Piazza del Plebiscito, Major Rohr von Rohrau ceremoniously handed over command of the city of Naples to the King of the Two Sicilies, Ferdinand I..For this he received the Knight´s Cross of the sicilian military Order of Saint George of the Reunion. The commanding Lieutenant colonel of the Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment No. 51 in Naples left the service in 1827, and on 27 June of that year Johann Rohr von Rohrau was appointed the new lieutenant colonel by highest resolution of the Supreme Commander. In 1829 he was transferred to the imperial-royal Infantry Regiment No. 62 Waquant ("von Splény"), where he was given the post of the Commanding officer and held it until 1834. With this transfer he was also promoted to Colonel He was the last commanding colonel in the first phase of the history of the imperial-royal Waquant Infantry Regiment.

On 8 May 1834, he was appointed brigade commander of the imperial-royal Infantry Brigade No. 71 and promoted to Major general. He stayed in Podgórze until 1835, at which time the 51st Infantry Regiment, in which he had previously served, was also stationed there. He was discharged from military service on 1 March 1835. After his retirement, he lived in the harbour town of Fiume. He arrived in Vienna from Bratislava (formerly "Preßburg") on 17 June 1836. He arrived in Vienna from Italy on 24 March 1855, presumably to visit relatives, but left the same year. Johann Rohr von Rohrau died in Abazla near Fiume on 6 August 1855.

In 1814, he was Adjutant to the k.k. Field Marshal Heinrich von Bellegarde. He was also a recipient of the royal Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, III Class, which was awarded to him by King Ferdinand I in 1829 when he left his station in Naples. The foreign decorations awarded to him were confirmed in writing by the Ministry in Vienna on 18 April 1830 and he was granted permission to accept and wear them.

Honours

 * Knight's Cross of the Order of St George of the Reunion (Sicily)
 * Order of St Ferdinand and of Merit, III Class (Austrian Empire)