Nikolaus VI Graf Pálffy von Erdőd ( hu, VI. gróf erdődi Pálffy Miklós) (1 March 1657 – 20 February 1732) was a Hungarian nobleman, Imperial
Field marshal
Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army and as such few persons are appointed to it. It is considered as ...
and
Palatine of Hungary.
Early life
He was the eldest son of Count Miklós IV
Pálffy von Erdőd (1619–1679) and Maria Eleonora von
Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen (1634–1693).
János Pálffy was his younger brother.
Career
Like his father, he pursued a military career and joined the Habsburg Army.
He participated in the
Battle of Vienna
The Battle of Vienna; pl, odsiecz wiedeńska, lit=Relief of Vienna or ''bitwa pod Wiedniem''; ota, Beç Ḳalʿası Muḥāṣarası, lit=siege of Beç; tr, İkinci Viyana Kuşatması, lit=second siege of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mou ...
and the following actions, until he became commander of the
Esztergom Fortress in 1687.
In 1688, he participated in the campaign against the Turks under
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria and fought in the
Siege of Belgrade (1688),
Battle of Batočina
The Battle of Batočina ( sr, Битка код Баточине) was fought on 29–30 August 1689 near the town of Batočina in the Sanjak of Smederevo (now in central Serbia), between Holy Roman and Ottoman forces during the Great Turkish W ...
,
Battle of Niš (1689)
The Battle of Niš was fought on 24 September 1689, near the city of Niš in southern Serbia, between the forces of the Ottoman Empire, and the forces of the Holy Roman Empire as part of the Great Turkish War.
The Austrian Commander, Louis Will ...
and
Battle of Slankamen.
As a reward, he became ''Schlosshauptmann von Pressburg'' (Captain of Pressburg Castle) in 1694, a Knight of the
Order of the Golden Fleece
The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece ( es, Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, german: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriage ...
in 1711,
Palatine of Hungary in 1713 and Field Marshal General in 1718.
As Palatine of Hungary, he organized the supply of the Army defending Hungary against the Turks. It is also to his credit that the Hungarian and Croat nobility accepted the
Pragmatic Sanction so quickly.
He died in Pozsony at the age of nearly 75 years.
Marriage and Children
He married in October 1680 with Baroness Katharina Elisabeth von und zu Weichs (died 1724) and had :
* Lipót I József Ignác Kálmán (1681–1720), Austrian General
* Mária Erzsébet Filippina Borbála, (1681–1732), married Count Karl Cajetan de Longueval of
Bocquoy
* Eleonóra Mária Teréz Bonaventura, (1682–1729), married Franz Anton von
Abensberg und Traun
The House of Abensberg und Traun (now usually written Abensperg-Traun) is the name of an ancient Austrian noble family, originally from the Upper Austrian ''Traungau''. It is considered one of the oldest extant aristocratic families in Central Eu ...
* János VI József Antal Prosper (1685–1716), killed in action at the
Battle of Petrovaradin
* Ferenc III Rudolf Lõrinc (1686–1735)
* Károly II József Miklós Rochus (1687–1720)
* Ferenc IV Henrik Antal (1688–1689)
* Karolina Anna Dorottya (1689–1759), married Count Karl Ludwig von Roggendorf
* Ferdinánd II Vilmos Zsigmond, (1690–1694)
* Lajos I, (1692–1693)
* Mária Anna Ernesztina Karolina (1693–1761), married Count Joseph Johann Franz Anton Ungnad von Weissenwolf
External links
ADB (in German)Austria forum
References
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Hungarian nobility
1657 births
1732 deaths
Field marshals of Austria
Palatines of Hungary
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria