François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt
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1733 – 1798
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Who was François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt?
François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, a Walloon, joined the army of the Habsburg Monarchy and soon fought in the Seven Years' War. Later in his military career, he led Austrian troops in the war against Ottoman Turkey. During the French Revolutionary Wars he saw extensive fighting and rose to the rank of Field Marshal.
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- Born
- Oct 14, 1733
County of Hainaut - Also known as
- Francois Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt
- Died
- Jul 21, 1798
Vienna
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on July 23, 2013
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