Count Adam II. Batthyány (, 3 June 1662 – 26 August 1703) was a Hungarian general and nobleman. He served as ban (

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) of

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from 1693 to 1703.

Career

Adam II. Batthyány was born in 1637, the son of Christoph II Batthyány and his wife Maria-Anna Horváth de Palocsa. He came from Németújvár in the frontier region of Austria and the

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. The

Batthyány Family The House of Batthyány () is an ancient and distinguished Hungarian noble magnate family. The Head of the family bears the title Prince (Fürst) of Batthyány-Strattmann, while other members of this family bear the title Count/Countess ( Graf ...

were Hungarian aristocrats loyal to the

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who served in the Habsburg military conflicts against the

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. He and his father, a general, took part in the

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. In October 1683 he took part in the conquest of the fortress of

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(Esztergom) with his hussars. During the siege of Buda, where he fought alongside a young Prince Eugene, Adam II and his 1200

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s captured 12 galleys part of the

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with enormous treasures. In recognition of his deeds, he was appointed the owner of a regiment and general and commander-in-chief of the border areas around Kaniza. In 1693 he became the

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and

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. For his outstanding and valuable military service to

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, Batthyány was rewarded with the

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Estate in the year 1700. He died at the age of 41 on 26 August 1703.

Family

Adam II married Countess Eleonore Strattmann (1677–1741), the daughter of Imperial Court Chancellor Count Theodor Heinrich von Strattmann, on 25 November 1692. After Theodor's death inb 1693, the Strattmann estates were combined with those of the Batthyány family. Adam and Eleonore had two children: # Ludwig Ernst Batthyány (1696–1765), Hungarian Court Chancellor and

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. Married to Theresia Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau. #

Karl Josef Batthyány Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoe ...

(1697–1772),

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and Chief Chamberlain. He took part in the campaign against the Ottoman Empire under Prince Eugene. Empress Maria Theresa elevated him to the rank of prince (imperial title) on 3 January 1764. Married to Maria Anna Barbara von Waldstein, then to Maria Theresa Countess von Strattmann, and finally to Maria Antonia Nemetujvari Countess Batthyány.

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