Eugene of Savoy
Also known as Eugenio Francesco di Savoia-Carignano, Principe di Carignano, François Eugene, Prince of Savoy, Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano
prince of the house of Savoy, then commander in chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire (1663-1736)
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Eugene of Savoy was a military commander who led the armies of the Holy Roman Empire during the late 1600s and early 1700s, becoming one of the most influential generals of his time. He matters because his military victories and leadership shaped European politics and the balance of power during a crucial period of history.
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Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano (18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736), better known as Prince Eugene, was a distinguished feldmarschall in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty during the 17th and 18th centuries. Renowned as one of the greatest military commanders of his era, Prince Eugene also rose to the highest offices of state at the Imperial court in Vienna, spending six decades in the service of three emperors.
Born in Paris, to the son of a French count and a niece of Cardinal Mazarin, Eugene was raised at the court of King Louis XIV. Initially destined for the priesthood as the youngest son of a noble family, he chose to pursue a military career at 19. Due to his poor physique and possibly a scandal involving his mother, Louis XIV denied him a commission in the French Royal Army and forbade him from enlisting elsewhere. Embittered, Eugene fled France and entered the service of Emperor Leopold I, cousin and rival of Louis XIV, in whose service his elder brother Louis Julius had just fallen in battle.
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