of the Radetzky-class of pre-dreadnought battleships. In popular culture Johann Strauss I's Radetzky March was commissioned to commemorate Radetzky's victories at the Battle of Custoza. Honours He received the following orders and decorations: Ancestry Works Joseph Radetzky von Radetz: Denkschriften militärisch-politischen Inhalts aus dem handschriftlichen Nachlass des k.k. österreichischen Feldmarschalls Grafen Radetzky. Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta, 1858 Correspondence Joseph Radetzky von Radetz: Briefe des Feldmarschalls Radetzky an seine Tochter Friederike 1847–1857; aus dem Archiv der freiherrlichen Familie Walterskirchen hrsg. von Bernhard Duhr: Festschrift der Leo-Gesellschaft zur feierlichen Enthüllung des Radetzsky-Denkmals in Wien. Wien: J. Roller, 1892. These are Radetzky's letters to his daughter Friederike Radetzky von Radetz, Gräfin Wenckheim, published to celebrate the unveiling of the Radetzky monument in Vienna. Notes References Further reading Rothenberg, Gunther E. "The Austrian Army in the Age of Metternich." Journal of Modern History 40#2 (1968): 156–165. in JSTOR Alan Sked: The Survival of the Habsburg Empire: Radetzky, the Imperial Army, and the Class War, 1848. London; New York: Longman, 1979, Alan Sked: Radetzky: Imperial Victor and Military Genius. London; New York: I.B. Tauris, 2011, Wawro, Geoffrey. "An 'army of pigs': The technical, social, and political bases of Austrian Shock Tactics, 1859–1866." The Journal of Military History 59.3 (1995): 407. Franz Herre: Radetzky: eine Biographie. Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, c1981. Bowden, Scotty & Tarbox, Charlie. Armies on the Danube 1809. Arlington, Texas: Empire Games Press, 1980. In popular culture Lang, Zoë. "The Regime's ‘Musical Weapon’Transformed: The Reception of Johann Strauss Sr's Radetzky March Before and After the First World War." Journal of the Royal Musical Association 134.2 (2009): 243–269. Alexander Lernet-Holenia: Radetzky: Schauspiel in drei Akten. [Frankfurt am Main]: S. Fischer, 1956. Johann Strauss: Radetzky March (Opus 228) Father Radetzky, a 1929 film biopic External links 1766 births 1858 deaths People from Sedlčany People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Bohemian nobility Field marshals of Austria 18th-century Austrian people 18th-century Bohemian people 19th-century Austrian people People of the Revolutions of 1848 Austrian generals Austrian soldiers Counts of Austria Austrian Empire military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars Austrian Empire commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Generals of the Holy Roman Empire Czech military leaders People of the First Italian War of Independence Austrian military personnel of the Italian Independence Wars Theresian Military Academy alumni Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Grand Crosses of the Military Order