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Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf Browne

Austrian field marshal
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Born:
October 23, 1705, Basel
Died:
June 26, 1757, Prague (aged 51)

Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf Browne (born October 23, 1705, Basel—died June 26, 1757, Prague) was a field marshal, one of Austria’s ablest commanders during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48) and the Seven Years’ War (1756–63), who nevertheless suffered defeat by Frederick II the Great of Prussia. A Habsburg subject of Irish ancestry, Browne commanded a small garrison in Silesia when, in 1740, Frederick II invaded and conquered the province. The Austrians retreated into Bohemia after a skillful delaying action. Later, Browne distinguished himself at Piacenza, in Italy (1746). In 1751 Empress Maria Theresa named him commander in chief in ...(100 of 126 words)

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