Vilmos Mátyás
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| Born | 25 March 1885 |
| Died | 21 August 1961 (aged 76) |
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Vilmos Mátyás (XXXX-YYYY) was a Hétumogerian military commander and was one of the leading military figures during the Citizenry Uprising. He served as the first and only Állampolgáritábornok of the National Militia. He was the Chief of the Militia after the end of the Kisigmánd Revolt and played a significant part in the war effort made by the Citizens Republic. He held onto the title of Állampolgáritábornok for the remainder of his life as an honorific and the first Chief of the Militia. After the establishment of the Citizens Republic, his title was renamed into the Marshal of Citizens Armed Forces, and was one of the representatives of the Citizens Republic selected to attend the Congress of Nagymező.
Mátyás was raised as the second son in a polgárság military family in Ándrassy, and his father was a member of the Ándrassic Rendőrség Division as an Rendőrseg Inspector Adjunct.
From 1911 to 1924, Mátyás held the position of the Ellenőrzésitiszt of the 1st Noble Army Division and attempted to reform the divide between the Nemesség and the Polgárság. Typically keeping nemesség soldiers in line with the polgárság garrison, he prevented the selection of nemesség over polgárság for promotions solely due to their position in society. Termed Vilmosian Attitude, Mátyás saw the two divisions of social class as inappropriate to bring into military and warfare. In 1922, he had prevented the promotion of Hórvath Koháry as Szállásmester of the 18th Noble Army Regiment as he did not believe that Hórvath was qualified over his polgárság peer Juhász Gerencsér. This inevitably caused the Kóharies and Hórvath's uncle Zgismond Koháry II to lobby the Noble Department of Armed Forces to remove Mátyás from his position. The Department chose to relocate and recommission Mátyás as the Szállásmester of the 3rd Kisigmánd Rendőség Division, downgrading his pay and humiliating him in front of his peers.
Vilmos was present during the Militia Storming of Komáron. By then a staunch believer of Blue Nationalism and a member of the Blue Movement Party, he was pivotal in supplying the Blue Movement Party and their militia levy they had called during the storming with arms that were above the Rendőrségi.
Vilmos is considered to be the most important general in the National Militia and one of the most important figures in the Citizenry Uprising, and was credited to being one of the main reasons as to why the rebellion was not stopped at the Battle of Komaron. His general reliance on reconnaissance and using smaller forces that were much more flexible in battle were reasons as to his successes. He is considered one of the greatest offensive generals, typically making up for his technological inferiority against the Second Noble Republic of Hétumoger with his tactics. His tactics early on in the war during the Kisigmánd Revolt were known as the Emberek Vihar and were later codified into the Vilmosian Militia Doctrine. After the end of the uprising, Vilmos retained the title of Állampolgáritábornok and was appointed the Marshal of Citizens Armed Forces by the First Council of Citizens. He retained the position until his retirement.
First Congress of Nagymező
Vilmos served as a permenant member of the National Militia Representative Council, which served with the Blue Nationalist Congress and the Citizens Government Képviselőtanács. He was accompanied with Piroska Rickl, Donát Tót, András Rákosi, Juhász Gerencsér, Dezső Kerekes, Ágnes Zsuzsanna, and Béla Kaposvár. Initially it was thought by Vilmos that the Strategic Council would not be able to attend in full, it was fought vigirously between the Blue Nationalist Congress and certain members of the Strategic Council, specifically Ágnes and András. In the wake of this petition, Béla Edvárd deemed that neither the Blue Nationalist Congress nor the Citizens Government Képviselőtanács would be able to fully nor adequately represent the needs or want of the military or its leadership. János Szabó, one of the members of the Képviselőtanács disagreed, but yielded his criticism after being heavily rebuked by Fidél Égető, the permenant member from the Képviselőtanács.
His role in the First Congress as a permenant member termed him to be one of the five attendees of the Second Congress of Nagymező. Vilmos was the main arguer to Article Seven within the proposed armistice draft at the fifth plenary session and later rewrote Article Seven by the sixth plenary session.