Search results
Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen (German: Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 1771 – 30 April 1847) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and his wife, Maria Luisa of Spain. He was also the younger brother of Francis II ...
In 1722 Emperor Charles VI separated Teschen from the Bohemian Crown and granted the duchy to Duke Leopold of Lorraine, whose son Francis I was to marry Charles's daughter Maria Theresa. Leopold had unsuccessfully claimed his maternal grandmother's rights to the north Italian Duchy of Montferrat , which Charles had taken and given to the Dukes of Savoy in 1708 as part of their alliance pact.
Archduke Charles (born Sept. 5, 1771, Florence [Italy]—died April 30, 1847, Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian archduke, field marshal, army reformer, and military theoretician who was one of the few Allied commanders capable of defeating the French generals of the Napoleonic period. He modernized the Austrian army during the first decade of ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Brought up in the Duke of Saxe-Teschen's household, Charles did not arrive in Vienna until 1790, and only entered the Austrian Army in 1792, when he saw his first action at Jemapees. Given a corps command for Saxe-Coburg's 1793-4 campaign in Flanders, he fought at Maastricht in February 1793 and played a vital role in the victory at Neerwinden in March.
Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and his wife, Maria Luisa of Spain. He was also the younger brother of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. He was epileptic, but achieved respect both as a commander and as a reformer of the Austrian army. He was considered one of Napoleon's more formidable opponents and one of the greatest generals of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Battle of Aspern-Essling. Battle of Wagram. Archduke Charles of Austria (1771-1847) was one of the Austrian Empire 's dukes. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars. [1] The Austrian Empire ruled places the places that we call Hungary, Croatia, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Bosnia, Leichtenstein, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania today.
People also ask
Who was Archduke Charles?
Who was the Duchy of Teschen?
When did the Duchy of Teschen become Austrian Silesia?
Who was Charles the Great?
Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen ( German: Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 1771 – 30 April 1847) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and his wife, Maria Luisa of Spain. He was also the younger brother of Francis ...
