MILITARY PERSONNEL

Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria

1614 - 1662

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Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (5 January 1614 – 20 November 1662), younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand III, was an Austrian soldier, administrator and patron of the arts. He held a number of military commands, with limited success, and served as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, before returning to Vienna in 1656. Despite being nominated as Holy Roman Emperor after Ferdinand's death in 1657, he stood aside in favour of his nephew Leopold I. His main interest was in art, and he patronised artists including David Teniers the Younger, Frans Snyders, Peter Snayers, Daniel Seghers, Peter Franchoys, Frans Wouters, Jan van den Hoecke and Pieter Thijs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria has received more than 181,145 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 25 in 2019). Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria is the 486th most popular military personnel (down from 459th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Austria (down from 281st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria was a member of the Habsburg dynasty, and served as the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights from 1663 to 1672. He was the son of Emperor Ferdinand III and Maria Anna of Bavaria.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria ranks 486 out of 2,058. Before him are Erich Fellgiebel, Alfred von Waldersee, Yu Jin, Adolf Strauss, Aegidius, and Jean-Charles Pichegru. After him are Ion Mihai Pacepa, Husein Gradaščević, Mamai, Günther Korten, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, and Yigael Yadin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1614, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria ranks 1. After him are Franciscus Sylvius, Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, John Wilkins, Juan Carreño de Miranda, Jahanara Begum, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Henry II, Duke of Guise, Martino Martini, Henry More, Michał Boym, and Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1662, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria ranks 4. Before him are Blaise Pascal, Koxinga, and Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. After him are Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Zhu Youlang, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Johann Crüger, Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena, Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, and Adriaen van de Venne.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria ranks 296 out of 1,424. Before him are Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), Katharina Schratt (1853), Hermann Buhl (1924), Bertha Pappenheim (1859), and Joseph Lanner (1801). After him are Clemence of Austria (1262), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), Friedrich von Wieser (1851), Rudolf Hilferding (1877), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria (1878).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria ranks 14. Before him are Alois Brunner (1912), Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817), Gustav Wagner (1911), Walter Nowotny (1920), and Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818). After him are Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Franz Böhme (1885), Karl Silberbauer (1911), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), and Gordon Gollob (1912).

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