MILITARY PERSONNEL

Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg

1771 - 1820

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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 period rose through the ranks of the Imperial Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg has received more than 387,728 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 34 in 2019). Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg is the 271st most popular military personnel (up from 310th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Austria (up from 191st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, was a Prussian Field Marshal and statesman. He was the son of Prince Karl Philipp zu Schwarzenberg and Princess Maria Antonia of Orange-Nassau. He was a member of the House of Schwarzenberg, a branch of the House of Hohenzollern.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg ranks 271 out of 2,058Before him are Erwin von Witzleben, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Pedro de Alvarado, Erich Hoepner, Orda Khan, and Robert Nivelle. After him are Pedro de Valdivia, Hasso von Manteuffel, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Hans-Joachim Marseille, and Svetozar Boroević.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg ranks 9Before him are Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Richard Trevithick, Emperor Kōkaku, Julie Clary, Antoine-Jean Gros, and Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark. After him are Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Alois Senefelder, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Laskarina Bouboulina, Mungo Park, and Jean-Andoche Junot. Among people deceased in 1820, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg ranks 5Before him are George III of the United Kingdom, Joseph Fouché, Jiaqing Emperor, and Elisa Bonaparte. After him are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, François Christophe de Kellermann, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Gia Long, Henri Christophe, Manuel Belgrano, and Jean-Lambert Tallien.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg ranks 166 out of 1,424Before him are Rudolf I of Bohemia (1281), Aribert Heim (1914), Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906), Albert III, Duke of Austria (1349), Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este (1754), and Róbert Bárány (1876). After him are Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (1558), Fritz Kreisler (1875), Bruno Bettelheim (1903), Lothar Rendulic (1887), Anton Zeilinger (1945), and Hermann Oberth (1894).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg ranks 6Before him are Otto Skorzeny (1908), Józef Poniatowski (1763), Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (1886), Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643), and Franz Stangl (1908). After him are Lothar Rendulic (1887), Alois Brunner (1912), Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817), Gustav Wagner (1911), and Walter Nowotny (1920).