Eug�ne of Savoy, Prince, properly Fran�ois Eug�ne de Savoie Carignan 1663-1736
Austrian soldier

Born in Paris, he left France after his mother, a niece of Cardinal Mazarin, was banished from court by Louis XIV. He entered the service of the Emperor Leopold I against the Turks. He distinguished himself in the war against Louis XIV in Italy, and his defeat of the Turks at Zenta (1697) put an end to their power in Hungary. The War of the Spanish Succession (1701) recalled him to Italy, but Louis, Duc de Vend�me defeated him there (1702). In command of the imperial army he helped the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim (1704). Eug�ne defeated the French in Italy, but his defeat by Claude, Duc de Villars at Denain (1712) was followed by other disasters, until the Peace of Rastadt (1714) ended the war. He continued to fight the Turks from 1716, and then the French in a war over the crown of Poland. After the peace he returned to Vienna.