Count Radetzky of Radetz *2nd November 1766 † 5th January 1858 Johann Josef Wenzel Anton Franz Karl, Graf Radetzky von Radetz He married Countess Francesca von Strassoldo Grafenberg in 1798 and they had eight children. (It is also confirmed that Radetzky also had eight illegitimate children with his Italian mistress). The Austrian Field Marshal and military reformer whose victorious campaigns made him a national hero was immortalised by Johann Strauss the Elder and his composition ‘the Radetzky