MILITARY PERSONNEL

Prince Eugene of Savoy

1663 - 1736

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Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano (18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736), better known as Prince Eugene, was a field marshal in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty during the 17th and 18th centuries. He was one of the most successful military commanders of his time, and rose to the highest offices of state at the Imperial court in Vienna. Born in Paris, Eugene was brought up in the court of King Louis XIV of France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Eugene of Savoy has received more than 1,340,975 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Prince Eugene of Savoy is the 54th most popular military personnel (down from 42nd in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from France (down from 180th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Military Personnel.

Prince Eugene of Savoy was a military commander in the Austrian army during the War of Spanish Succession. He is most famous for his victories over the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Zenta and the Battle of Belgrade.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Over the past year Prince Eugene of Savoy has had the most page views in the with 201,166 views, followed by German (141,776), and Russian (53,015). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bavarian (364.20%), Malagasy (97.80%), and Franco-Provençal (75.55%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Prince Eugene of Savoy ranks 54 out of 2,058. Before him are Michel Ney, Roland, Baron Munchausen, Mikhail Kutuzov, Flavius Aetius, and Erich Ludendorff. After him are Gerd von Rundstedt, Vasily Zaitsev, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Ernst Röhm, Albrecht von Wallenstein, and Miltiades.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1663, Prince Eugene of Savoy ranks 1. After him are Thomas Newcomen, Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Árni Magnússon, Guillaume Amontons, August Hermann Francke, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama, Luca Carlevarijs, Cotton Mather, and Agafya Grushetskaya. Among people deceased in 1736, Prince Eugene of Savoy ranks 3. Before him are Ahmed III, and Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. After him are Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stephen Gray, Antonio Caldara, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Filippo Juvarra, Theophan Prokopovich, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Louise Diane d'Orléans, and Caspar van Wittel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Prince Eugene of Savoy ranks 212 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Marais (1913), Jean-Luc Godard (1930), Roland Barthes (1915), Margaret of Valois (1553), Charles IV of France (1294), and François-René de Chateaubriand (1768). After him are Pope Clement IV (1190), Pope Urban IV (1185), Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789), Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), André Breton (1896), and Gilles Deleuze (1925).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Prince Eugene of Savoy ranks 6. Before him are Joan of Arc (1412), Charles de Gaulle (1890), Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), and Alfred Dreyfus (1859). After him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757), Theodor Eicke (1892), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), and Jean Lannes (1769).

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