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the army, went traveling again, this time to the German universities. His mother's serious illness called him home, where he arrived three days before her death. At a young age, he found himself suddenly in possession of a considerable fortune, land, and title. He immediately resumed his journey in
Germany. In WĂĽrzburg, where he remained for a long time, he became acquainted with Anne von Hettersdorf. They married and he returned to Olomouc. Eventually they had three daughters. He continued his lifelong-learning, and founded the
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Danubian regiments, but further promotion was closed to him, once peace between Austria and France had been negotiated. He left
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broke out. He joined the imperial army, in the same regiment of cuirassiers in which he had served earlier. He advanced up the grade of ranks to lieutenant colonel in the regiment Schönborn, via the patronage of Field
Marshal Count Mercy, who instructed him to transport supplies to the besieged
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362:. The Empress extended his father's barony to a Hungarian barony 30 January 1767. General Petrasch married Elizabeth von Fritz, a favorite maid of the Empress Maria Theresa, and they had a daughter, who married the baron Bretton, and a son,
366:, born in 1746 at the family estate in Prerau. Ernst Gottlieb died in Vienna on 30 June 1792. He left a farm in the Prerau district to his widow, Elizabeth, and portions to Joseph Petrasch, Adelbert Petrasch and Jacob Petrasch.
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