!!!Daun, Wirich Philipp Graf, Fürst von Thiano

b. Vienna, Oct. 19, 1669, 
d. Vienna, July 30, 1741, field marshal; father of Count Leopold Josef 
 Daun. Earned distinction mainly in the war of Spanish succession; in 
1706 defended Turin, in 1713 became Viceroy of Naples; from 1725 
Governor of the Netherlands; 1728-1733 Governor of Milan; his remains 
are entombed in the wall of St. George's Chapel in the 
Augustinerkirche church in Vienna.

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