Charles Marie Raymond d'Arenberg (

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, 1 April 1721 –

, 17 August 1778) was the fifth Duke of Arenberg, 11th Duke of Aarschot and an Austrian field marshal.

Biography

Charles Marie was the eldest son of Duke Leopold Philippe d'Arenberg and Donna Maria Francesca Pignatelli. His sister was Marie Victoire d'Arenberg, wife of

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. Charles Marie joined his father's 1743 campaign in the

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, first as

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and later as colonel of the second Walloon Infantry Regiment, which he had raised personally. He commanded this regiment in the 1744 and 1745 campaigns, until he became colonel of the Baden-Baden Regiment. One year later he became

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. In 1748, he played an important role in the defence of Maastricht against the French. Charles Marie also became ''Grand-Bailli'' of Hainaut and Mons in 1740. In the first years of the

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, he was active in the Bohemian theater of war. He participated in the

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and the many battles that followed. In 1758, he was promoted to

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. On 14 October of that year, he played a crucial role in the victorious

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as commander of the right wing of the Austrian Army. For this, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa. In the 1759 campaign, he commanded several Army Corps and was defeated near Dresden on 29 October by Prussian troops under General Wunsch. He was praised for his actions in the lost

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on 3 November 1760, in which he was severely wounded. These wounds meant the end of his active career, and he retired. In 1776, he was admitted to the ''

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'', and he was made Field Marshal in 1777.

Family

He married Countess Louise Margarethe von der Marck-Schleiden (1730-1820), daughter of Count Louis Engelbert von der Marck-Schleiden in 1748. They had eight children, amongst whom * Louis Engelbert, 6th Duke of Arenberg (1750–1820), * Auguste Marie Raymond (1753-1833), * Marie Louise Françoise (1754-1838), married

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. His sister, Princess Marie-Flore d'Arenberg, was the wife of Count Jean Charles de Merode-Deynze.geneall.net - Leopold Philippe, duc d' Arenberg
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References

* ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 1911. * Millar, Simon and Adam Hook, ''Kolin 1757: Frederick the Great's first defeat'', Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2001.

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