Battle of Slankamen
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The Battle of Slankamen was fought on 19 August 1691, near Slankamen in the Ottoman Sanjak of Syrmia, between the Ottoman Empire, and Habsburg Austrian forces during the Great Turkish War.
Battle of Slankamen by Friedrich Kaiser
A Medallion by Georg Hautsch celebrating the Habsburg victory at Slankamen, portrait of Turk Louis 1691, obverse.
reverse of the medal
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany, chief commander of the Imperial army and Reichsgeneralfeldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also know
Battle of Slankamen
…The battle saw a Turkish-Transylvanian force led by Emeric Thököly and Mustafa Köprülü suffer an overwhelming defeat by an Imperial army commanded by Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden. The Grand Vizir Mustafa Köprülü was killed by a stray bullet and the Ottoman army routed, leaving behind the war chest and their artillery. The battle…
Portrait in 1705
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Aris Kalaizis "The Last Hours of Louis William", Oil on canvas, 130 x190 cm, 2021