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Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg

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Adolf Schinzl: Starhemberg, Ernst Rüdiger Graf von. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, S. 468–470. Die Türkenkriege, Angriff auf das Abendland (= G/Geschichte; Heft Juni 2007)
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by the Emperor, recognizing Starhemberg's action in saving the imperial capital. He was also made a minister of the state. Going after the retiring Ottoman troops, Starhemberg was severely wounded in 1686 during the
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In 1683 he was military commander of the city of Vienna, with fewer than 20,000 men to oppose about 120,000 besieging Ottomans. On 15 July 1683 Starhemberg refused an offer by the Turkish commander
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by a shot in his left hand and had to abandon his command. In 1691 he was made President of the Hofkriegsrat and was responsible for the organisation of the
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also became a famous soldier and fought as an adjutant at his side. Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg fought in the 1660s under Imperial Lieutenant general
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who had tunnelled under the walls, packed the tunnels with gunpowder, and detonated the explosive charges. Finally, on 12 September, 80,000 Polish,
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This article is about the 17th century Austrian field marshal. For the 20th century conservative politician, see
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arrived in the first half of September, Vienna was on the brink of collapse. Its walls were breached by Turkish
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who had fled his residence, and the strength of city walls which had been fortified after the first Ottoman
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in Vienna, where the Battle of Vienna is thoroughly documented, with Starhemberg's
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to capitulate, counting on the speedy arrival of an Imperial army, sent by the
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troops attacked the Turks and were able to defeat them in the Battle on the
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Starhemberg died at Vösendorf on 4 January 1701, aged 62. His tomb (by
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He married firstly his third cousin, Countess Helena Dorothea von
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Later generations have idealized Starhemberg as saviour of the
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Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg was promoted to the rank of a
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When after two months the relief army under the command of
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Epitaph of Count Starhemberg in Vienna's Schottenkirche
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Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

Peter Schenk the Elder
Graz
Duchy of Styria
Vösendorf
Archduchy of Austria
Vienna
Holy Roman Empire
Imperial Army
Generalfeldmarschall
Great Turkish War
Battle of Vienna
Battle of Buda
Order of the Golden Fleece
Vienna
Battle of Vienna
Imperial
Great Turkish War
Hofkriegsrat
House of Starhemberg
Graz
Styria
Zinzendorf und Pottendorf
Count Guido von Starhemberg
Raimondo Montecuccoli
French
Ottoman
Kara Mustafa Pasha
Habsburg

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