1663-1736. Austrian general, who had many
victories against the Turkish invaders (whom
he expelled from Hungary 1697 in the Battle
of Zenta) and against France in the War of
the Spanish Succession (battles of Blenheim,
Oudenaarde, and Malplaquet). The son of
Prince Eugene Maurice of Savoy-Carignano, he
was born in Paris. When Louis XIV refused him
a commission he entered the Austrian army,
and served against the Turks at the defence
of Vienna 1683, and against the French on the
Rhine and in Italy ten years later. In the
War of the Spanish Succession 1701-14 he
shared with the British commander Marlborough
in his great victories against the French and
won many successes as an independent
commander in Italy. He again defeated the
Turks 1716-18, and fought a last campaign
against the French 1734-35.