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[[File:Ferdinand Rosenzweig von Drauwehr.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ferdinand von Rosenzweig]]
'''Ferdinand Freiherr Rosenzweig von Drauwehr''' (July 11, 1812 – September 4, 1892) was an [[Austria|Austrian]] military officer and architect.

==Biography==
Rosenzweig was born in [[Eisenstadt]] in the [[Austrian Empire]]. He served first under Kaiser [[Franz Josef of Austria|Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/gen5989.html|title=Austro-Hungarian Army - Full Generals Promoted 1859-1899|first=Glenn|last=Jewison|website=Austro-hungarian-army.co.uk|accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref> and then under Emperor [[Maximilian I of Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/mexican/mxranklist.htm|title=Austro-Hungarian Army - The Mexican Adventure Officer's Rank List|first=Glenn|last=Jewison|website=Austro-hungarian-army.co.uk|accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref>

He was married to Hungarian Princess Catarina Radzivil de Atavia, who was a lady in the court of Empress [[Carlota of Mexico]]. During his service to the Emperor of Mexico, he traced and built the current famous avenue [[Paseo de la Reforma]], in that time called ''Paseo de la Emperatriz'' ("Promenade of the Empress"); and later renamed. After the fall of the [[Second Mexican Empire]], during the post-Maximilian era, he built several other structures such as the Necaxa Ridge, which was [[Mexico City]] first source of electricity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://agendadeescritoresacademia.iespana.es/verdaderoporfirio.htm |title=El verdadero Porfirio |accessdate=2009-02-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216003651/http://agendadeescritoresacademia.iespana.es/verdaderoporfirio.htm |archivedate=2009-02-16 }} </ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
* Antonio Schmidt-Brentano: ''Die k.k. bzw. k.u.k. Generalität 1816-1918'', Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, 2007, p. 154.

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