Philip Florinus of Pfalz-Sulzbach ( Sulzbach, 20 January 1630 –

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, 4 April 1703) was an imperial field marshal.

Life

Philip was the youngest son of

Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach Augustus (german: August von Pfalz-Sulzbach; 2 October 1582 – 14 August 1632) was Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1614 until 1632. Life Augustus was born in Neuburg in 1582 as the second son of Philip Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg and Anna of ...

(1582–1632) and Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1603–1657). He began his military career in the army of the

Duchy of Lorraine The Duchy of Lorraine (french: Lorraine ; german: Lothringen ), originally Upper Lorraine, was a duchy now included in the larger present-day region of Lorraine in northeastern France. Its capital was Nancy. It was founded in 959 following t ...

. Then he joined the Swedish army and fought under King

Charles X Gustav of Sweden Charles X Gustav, also Carl Gustav ( sv, Karl X Gustav; 8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Catherine of Sweden. Afte ...

against Prussia, and later in the

Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660) The Dano-Swedish War of 1658–1660 was a war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden, with the former backed by the Dutch Republic and Poland. It is known in Denmark as the Second Karl Gustav War ( da, Anden Karl Gustav-krig), in Norway as Bjelkes ...

, where he lost the disastrous

Battle of Nyborg The Battle of Nyborg was a battle fought between Sweden and the combined forces of Denmark, Dutch naval forces under Michiel de Ruyter, troops of Brandenburg-Prussia, and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under Stefan Czarniecki. The battl ...

Fünen Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of ...

and had to save his own life by fleeing at night. After the death of the Swedish King, he went to Venice where he participated in the

Cretan War (1645–1669) The Cretan War ( el, Κρητικός Πόλεμος, tr, Girit'in Fethi), also known as the War of Candia ( it, Guerra di Candia) or the Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War, was a conflict between the Republic of Venice and her allies (chief among ...

against the Ottomans. But he left Venice again in 1662 after internal struggles and now entered in the service of the Habsburg Emperor. He played an important role as Field Marshal and overall commander of the Cavalry in the successful

Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664) The Battle of Saint Gotthard ( tr, Saint Gotthard Muharebesi; german: Schlacht bei St. Gotthard; hu, Szentgotthárdi csata), of the Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664), took place on 1 August 1664 on the Raab between Mogersdorf and the Cisterc ...

. After this, he fought for France, again Sweden and finally for Bavaria, where he died in 1703.

References

Literature

* August B. Michaelis, Julius Wilhelm Hamberge:
Einleitung zu einer vollständigen Geschichte der Chur- und Fürstlichen Häuser, Bd. 2
'. Buchhandlung Meyer, Lemgo 1760, S. 121. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sulzbach, Philip Florinus 1630 births 1703 deaths Philip Florinus Counts Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire Field marshals of the Holy Roman Empire People of the Austro-Turkish War (1663–64) Swedish military personnel Sons of monarchs Military personnel from Bavaria