Adolf von Schwarzenberg
Military Person
1547 – 1600
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Who was Adolf von Schwarzenberg?
Count Adolf von Schwarzenberg was a renowned general of the Holy Roman Empire whose sword, along with that of his descendant Prince Karl Philipp, is preserved in the arsenal of Vienna. He fought in the wars of religion, but was chiefly distinguished in the wars on the Eastern frontier against the Turks. He was killed in a mutiny of the soldiers at Papa in Hungary in 1600.
His only son was Adam von Schwarzenberg, advisor of George William, Elector of Brandenburg during the Thirty Years' War.
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