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Charles Eugène de Croÿ

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Charles Eugène de Croy, (1651 - 1703), Duke, Field Marshal, officer from Holland of French origin.

He participated in the Battle of Lund 1676 on the Danish-Norwegian side.

Later on he fought with success in the imperial Austrian army against the turks and participated both with the liberation of Vienna in 1683 and in the attack on Beograd in 1690. He was promoted to Imperial Field Marshal for his services.

In 1697 he started serving the Russian Czar Peter the Great and was Chief in Command for his forces in Livonia. He was in command of the Russian forces in the battle of Narva in 20 November 1700 when he surrendered and was taken prisoner by the Swedes.

He died in Sweden as a war prisoner in 1703.

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