Prince Eugene of Savoy

I looked up the history of the Ottoman Empire in the eighteenth century and found several Russo-Turkish wars, which went this way and that (mostly that) and several defeats of the Ottomans by the Austrians under Prince Eugene of Savoy (hence the picture).

Archive 2007-03-01 Helen 2007

One letter writer objected to Prince Eugene of Savoy being ranked above Marlborough.

Myth of the week - Europe is being reunited Helen 2004

The other story is of the obsessive fear and hatred of the Turks in Christian central Europe, exorcised by the Habsburg victory at Vienna, turning to revenge and reconquest led first by Duke Charles of Lorraine, then by the legendary Prince Eugene of Savoy, ending in exhausted and bankrupt stability.

The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2009

Prince Eugene of Savoy, a young adventurer in arms, and one of the Imperial generals, gave the Turks feveral figna! overthrows in Hungary.

The geographical magazine, or, A new, copious, compleat, and universal system of geography [microform] : containing an accurate and entertaining account and description of the several continents, islands, peninsulas, isthmuses, capes, promontories, lakes, rivers, seas, oceans, gulphs, and bays of Asia, Africa, Europe, and America : divided into empires, kingdoms, states, and colonies, with the climate, situation, extent and boundaries of each ... 1783

This play Was never acted, but is printed as designed for the stage, and is de - dicated to Prince Eugene of Savoy.

Biographia dramatica, or, A companion to the playhouse: 1782