Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne

Prince of Ligne

Date of Birth: 23-May-1735

Place of Birth: Brussels metropolitan area, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1814

Profession: writer, military personnel, politician, playwright, philosopher, literary

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Charles-Joseph Lamoral, 7th Prince de Ligne in French; in German Karl-Joseph Lamoral 7.
Fürst von Ligne (also known as Karl Fürst von Ligne or Fürst de Ligne): (23 May 1735 – 13 December 1814) was a Field Marshal, inhaber of an infantry regiment, prolific writer, intellectual, member of the princely family of Ligne, and Habsburg Austrian subject.
He fought as a field officer during several famous battles during the Seven Years' War and briefly returned to military duty in the War of the Bavarian Succession.
He performed an important diplomatic mission to Catherine the Great in 1787 and led troops against the Ottoman Empire at Belgrade in 1789.
Beginning in the 1770s, he authored an impressive volume of work.
After his estates in the Austrian Netherlands were lost to France during the War of the First Coalition, he lived in Vienna.
All three of his sons died before him, but his wife and four daughters all outlived him.
His grandson, the 8th Prince, became a Belgian statesman.



Alternative names	Giuseppe Maria Grassi
Description	Austrian portrait painter
Date of birth/death	22 April 1757	7 January 1838
Location of birth/death	Vienna	Dresden
Work location	Warsaw, Vienna, Dresden, Rome
Authority control	: Q320683 VIAF: 38963714 ISNI: 0000 0001 1809 8323 ULAN: 500016567 LCCN: no95059269 WGA: GRASSI, Józef WorldCat