Baron Franz von der Trenck
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Baron Franz von der Trenck was an Austrian soldier whose unit is considered one of the most ruthless in modern European history. A law unto itself, the unit took property, livestock, and women as it s
Baron Franz von der Trenck
Pandur
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Pandurs were a type of light infantry unit raised in Central Europe. The first was Trenck's Pandurs, used by the Kingdom of Hungary from 1741, fighting in the War of the Austrian Succession and the Si
Baron Franz von der Trenck
…lived on his estate for a few years. Upon the death of his wife who had perished in the Great Plague of 1738, he offered to raise an irregular corps of pandurs for service against the Turks, but this offer was refused, after which he entered the Imperial Russian Army as a mercenary. In Russia, he met and…
c. 1748 painting of a pandur of Trenck's Pandurs (right)
Trenck's Pandurs living history troop from Požega, Croatia