Count Adolf von Schwarzenberg (1547
[Also reported as 1551.] – 29 July 1600) was a renowned general of the
Holy Roman Empire whose sword, along with that of his descendant Prince Karl Philipp, is preserved in the arsenal of Vienna. He fought in the wars of religion, but was chiefly distinguished in the wars against the Turks on the eastern frontier. He was killed in a mutiny of the soldiers at Papa in
Hungary in 1600.
His only son was
Adam von Schwarzenberg
Adam Graf von Schwar(t)zenberg (26 August 1583 – 14 March 1641) was a German official who advised George William, Elector of Brandenburg, during the Thirty Years' War and served as the Master of the ''Johanniterorden'', the Bailiwick of Bra ...
(1583–1641), advisor of
George William, Elector of Brandenburg during the
Thirty Years' War.
See also
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House of Schwarzenberg
References
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Austrian generals
Counts of Austria
Adolf
1547 births
1600 deaths
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