caption serviceyears death_place death_date birth_place allegiance birth_date rank image article_title name
hermann kövess von kövessháza 1872 -- 1918 vienna , austria 22 september 1924 temeswar -rrb- , austrian empire -lrb- now timișoara , romania austria-hungary austro-hungarian army 30 march 1854 generalfeldmarschall kovess hermann fieldmarshal.jpg hermann kövess von kövessháza
 hermann kövess von kövessháza
hermann kövess von kövessháza

hermann freiherr kövess von kövessháza -lrb- ; 30 march 1854 -- 22 september 1924 -rrb- was the final , and completely ceremonial , commander-in-chief of austria-hungary .
he served as a generally competent and unremarkable commander in the austro-hungarian army and was close to retirement in 1914 when the first world war broke out and he was given a command post .
