Thomas Friedrich Zobel von Giebelstadt und Darstadt (1799 - 12 July 1869) was an Austrian

Austrians

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 lieutenant feldmarshal.

Zobel was born into a family of the lesser Austrian nobility. He studied in the military academy of Vienna

Vienna

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 and distinguished himself in the riots in Lombardy-Venetia of 1848. On 30 April 1849 he was appointed Major General, becoming the governor of the fortress of Verona

Verona

Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

, were was one of the largest Austrian garrisons in northern Italy.

On 12 May 1853 he was named lieutenant feldmarshal and fought in the battle of Palestro

Battle of Palestro

The Battle of Palestro was fought on 30/31 May 1859 between the Austrian Empire and the combined forces of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and France. The Franco-Piedmontese forces were victorious...

 (1859, during the Italian Second War of Independence). He retired from the military career in 1864 and died in 1869.