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Schwarzenberg, Karl Philipp Fürst zu
© Copyright Prince Karl Philipp zu Schwarzenberg, engraving by M. Steinla, 1822 Schwarzenberg, Prince Karl Philipp zu, b. Vienna, April 15, 1771, d. Leipzig (Germany), Oct. 15, 1820. Field marshal. Served against the Turks under E. G. von Laudon in 1789, after 1809 ambassador in Paris; commander of the Austrian corps in Napoleon´s army against Russia in 1812, commander-in-chief of the allied forces at the battle of Leipzig in 1813, marched into Paris at the head of the army in 1814; President of the Supreme Imperial War Council. Equestrian statue on S. square in Vienna's 1st district (1867). Literature: K. Schwarzenberg, Feldmarschall Fürst S., 1964.
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