Charles Eugène de Croÿ

Duke

Charles Eugène de Croÿ
Duke; Charles Eugène de Croÿ
	19th-century drawing of de Croÿ's mummy at St. Nicholas Church, Tallinn.
Born	1651; Le Rœulx, County of Hainaut, Austrian Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
Died	30 January [O.S. 20] 1702 (aged 50-51); Reval, Swedish Estonia, Swedish Empire; (in present-day Tallinn, Estonia)
Allegiance	Denmark-Norway; Holy Roman Empire; Electorate of Saxony; Tsardom of Russia
Service/branch	Royal Danish Army (1675–1682); Imperial Army (1682–1699); Royal Saxon Army (1699); Peter I’s Army (ru) (1700–1702)
Years of service	1675–1699; 1700–1702
Rank	Lieutenant-General (Royal Danish Army); Field Marshal (Imperial, Saxon and Peter I’s armies)
Battles/wars	Scanian War Battle of Lund; Siege of Malmö; Siege of Helsingborg (no); ; Great Turkish War Battle of Vienna; Battle of Gran (de); Second Siege of Buda; Siege of Belgrade; ; Great Northern War Battle of Narva;
Spouse(s)	Wilhelmina Juliana Gräfin van den Bergh;

Charles Eugène de Croÿ (pronounced [ʃaʁl øʒɛn də kʁwi]; German: Herzog Carl Eugen de Croÿ; Russian: Карл Евгений де Круа, tr. Karl Evgenij de Krua; 1651 – 30 January [O.S. 20] 1702) was a German and Russian Field Marshal and nobleman from the French noble House of Croÿ.

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