!!!Pálffy zu Erdöd, Nikolaus VI. Graf

Pálffy of Erdoed, Count Nikolaus VI, b. March 1, 
1667, d. Bratislava, Slovakia (then Pressburg), Feb. 20, 
1732, Imperial Field Marshal. Participated in the liberation of Vienna 
in 1683 and in the Turkish Wars that followed; became Schlosshauptmann 
von Pressburg (Captain of Pressburg Castle) in 1694, Palatine of 
Hungary in 1713 and Field Marshal General in 1718. It is to his credit 
that  Karl VI´s  Pragmatic Sanction was accepted so 
quickly. Was made Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1711.


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