'''Andreas Graf Hadik (Count Hadik von Futak)''' ([[October 16]], [[1710]] – [[March 12]], [[1790]]), [[Slovak]] nobleman, Member of [[Hungary|Hungarian]] aristocracy, Count of Futak, commander of an [[Austria|Austrian]] army corps in the [[Seven Years' War]] under [[Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine]]. Governor of [[Galicia (Central Europe)|Galicia]] and [[Lodomeria]] from January 1774 to June 1774, father of Karl Joseph Hadik, died [[March 12]], [[1790]].
==Early life==
Born on [[October 16]], [[1710]] in Kőszeg to a SlovakHungarian family of lesser nobility, he volunteered for the Ghilányi-hussar regiment when he was 20, at 22 he was given the rank of officer and became the standard bearer in the Dessewffy-hussar regiment in the Austrian army. Hadik fought in the [[War of the Polish Succession]] (1733 – 1738) and the [[Russo-Turkish War, 1735-1739|Russo-Turkish War]] of 1735 – 1739. In 1738 Hadik was promoted to the rank of captain. During the [[War of the Austrian Succession]] (1740 – 1748) he gained fame for his actions against the [[Prussia|Prussians]] at the city of Neisse ([[Nysa, Poland]]) using surprise attacks and tricks under the unwritten laws of the so-called "small war," relying on the excellent qualification of his [[hussar|hussars]]. During the war he was again promoted, this time to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel by [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]], the Queen of Hungary and Archduchess of Austria. In 1744 he gained the rank of Commanding Colonel of his own hussar regiment, then near the end of the war in 1747 he attained the rank of General and was appointed commander of a cavalry brigade.
