Khevenhüller, Ludwig Andreas Graf#
b. Linz (Upper Austria), Nov. 30, 1683, d. Vienna, Jan. 26, 1744, field marshal. Fought under Prince Eugène in 1716/17 at Petrovaradin and Belgrade, and from 1733-1737 in Italy. In 1737 became field marshal and in 1741 commander of the Austrian army; in the War of the Austrian Succession in 1742 K. repelled the Bavarians and the French and conquered Bavaria. Was also a military theoretician.
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Observationspunkten so ich Graf K. dem mir anvertrauten Dragoner-Regiment vorschreibe, 1727; Ideen vom Krieg, 1732; Kriegsregeln sowohl im Feld als in Festungen, 1756 (French 1771).Literature#
NDB.