The 13 Martyrs of Arad
The thirteen Hungarian generals were executed on October 6, 1849. On the same day, Count Lajos Batthyány (1806–1849), the first Hungarian prime minister, was also executed. 1. Arisztid Dessewffy (1802 – 1849) 2. Ernő Kiss (1799 – 1849) 3. Ernő Poeltenberg (1814- 1849) 4. György Lahner (1795 – 1849) 5. Ignác Török (1795 – 1849) 6. János Damjanich (1804 – 1849) 7. József Nagy-Sándor (1804 - 1849) 8. József Schweidel (1796- 1849) 9. Károly Knezich (1808- 1849) 10. Károly Leiningen-Westerburg (1819- 1849) 11. Károly Vécsey (1807- 1849) 12. Lajos Aulich (1793 – 1849) 13. Vilmos Lázár (1815- 1849) Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár (February 10, 1807 – October 6, 1849) was from a long line of counts and a descendant of The Capet Kings of France. He was born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia), and died (was executed by firing squad) in Pest, Hungary. Lajos was born in 1807 to a family of we...