Siege of Turin
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The Siege of Turin, June to September 1706, took place during the War of the Spanish Succession. A French army led by Louis de la Feuillade besieged the Savoyard capital of Turin, whose relief by Prin
The Battle of Turin 1706 Karl von Blaas, 1864
1858 painting of Pietro Micca by Andrea Gastaldi; by the 19th century, he became a symbol of Italian patriotism
c. 1738 engraving of the battle
Annual parade in Turin commemorating the siege
Prince Eugene of Savoy
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Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano, better known as Prince Eugene, was a distinguished feldmarschall in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty during the 17th and
Siege of Turin
…took place during the War of the Spanish Succession. A French army led by Louis de la Feuillade besieged the Savoyard capital of Turin, whose relief by Prince Eugene of Savoy has been called the most brilliant campaign of the war in Italy. The siege is also famous for the death of Piedmontese hero Pietro Micca. By 1706…
Hôtel de Soissons, Eugene's birthplace. Engraving by Israel Silvestre, c. 1650.
Eugene Maurice and Olympia Mancini, Count and Countess of Soissons, parents of Prince Eugene
Prince Eugene as a young General by German painter David Hoyer
Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683