Leopold Philip Fürst Montecuccoli (1663 – 6 January 1698) was an Austrian general. Leopold Philip Montecuccoli was the son of the famous Imperial Field Marshal

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and Countess Maria Margareta von

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(1637–1676), daughter of Max von Dietrichstein, Oberhofmeister of

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. Like his father, Leopold Philip entered in the service of the Imperial Army. When his father died in 1680, he took over command as Colonel of his

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and became later Field Marshal-Lieutenant. He also became captain of the Imperial ''Trabanten-Leibgarde'',

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and Knight in the

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. In 1689 his title was raised to ''Reichsfürst''. In 1695 Montecuccoli purchased a plot of land in the area of

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in order to establish a summer residence close to the

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family's

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there. This plot was developed further after his death and is now known under the name

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. He married Countess Maria Antonia Colloredo. When he died in 1698 at the age of 35, Philip and Maria had no children, and his title became extinct.

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