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1800 1809 1812 1813-1814. Karl Philipp, Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (or Charles Philip, Prince of Schwarzenberg; 18/19 April 1771 – 15 October 1820) was an Austrian Generalissimo and former Field Marshal. [1] He first entered military service in 1788 and fought against the Turks. During the French Revolutionary War, he fought on the allied side ...
Apr 11, 2024 · Napoleonic Wars. Karl Philipp, prince zu Schwarzenberg (born April 15, 1771, Vienna, Austria—died Oct. 15, 1820, Leipzig [Germany]) was an Austrian field marshal and diplomat who was one of the most successful Allied commanders in the Napoleonic Wars and who contributed significantly to the French emperor’s defeat in 1813–14.
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At the beginning of the 19th century, the House of Schwarzenberg was divided into two princely-titled lines . This division was already foreseen in the will of Prince Ferdinand (1652-1703). However, the absence of two male heirs until Joseph II and Karl I Philipp inhibited the execution.
FML Karl zu Schwarzenberg, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber, 1849. Karl II Prince of Schwarzenberg (Karl Philipp Borromäus Prince of Schwarzenberg) ( Vienna, 21 January 1802 - Vienna, 15 June 1858) was an Imperial Austrian noble and Feldzeugmeister, who fought in the First Italian War of Independence. He was Governor of Transylvania between 1851 ...
Karl Philipp, Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (or Charles Philip, Prince of Schwarzenberg; 18/19 April 1771 – 15 October 1820) was an Austrian Generalissimo and former Field Marshal. He first entered military service in 1788 and fought against the Turks. During the French Revolutionary War, he fought on the allied side against France and in that ...
The Schwarzenberg Monument. Handing Napoleon one of his very few military defeats earns you a place in military history and, in the case of Karl Philipp Prince of Schwarzenberg, a large monument in Vienna. Bronze equestrian statue unveiled in 1867. Designed by the sculptor Ernst Hähnel. Located, inevitably, on Schwarzenbergplatz.
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1771-1820. Biography. Field marshal and diplomat. Son of Johann Nepomuk Anton von Schwarzenberg and Maria Eleonora zu Oettingen- Wallerstein. Victorious over the French in several engagements between 1794 and 1805. Ambassador in Russia until 1809, when the renewal of the war with France recalled him. Covered the withdrawal of Austrian troops at ...
