Prince Eugene of Savoy
Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736) was born in Paris, youngest son of the Count of Soissons and Olympia Mancini, raised at Louis XIV's court. Refused a French commission in 1683, he entered Emperor Leopold I's service and won fame at the relief of Vienna. A field marshal by 25, he crushed the Ottomans at Zenta in 1697.
With Marlborough he shared victories at Blenheim (1704), Oudenaarde (1708) and Malplaquet (1709), and won at Petrovaradin in 1716 before taking Belgrade in 1717. He served three emperors and collected art and books; his Vienna palaces include the Belvedere.