Charles V of Lorraine: Imperial Field Marshal

Charles V

Duke of Lorraine and Duke of Bar. Born into the ducal family of Lorraine living in exile in Vienna due to the French occupation of Lorraine, he served as an Imperial military commander for the House of Habsburg. Entering military service in 1663, he became an Imperial Field Marshal in 1675. Although he succeeded to the titular Duchy of Lorraine in 1675, Lorraine remained under French occupation. During the Siege of Vienna in 1683, he commanded the Imperial army and defeated the Ottoman forces alongside King John III Sobieski of Poland. He continued fighting the Ottoman Empire in Hungary, contributing significantly to the expansion of the House of Habsburg into Southeastern Europe. In 1689, he fought French forces along the Rhine and recaptured Mainz, but died of illness the following year in 1690.

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Year	Charles V
1643	Birth of Charles V (Period: April 3, 1643, Location: Vienna (present-day Vienna, Austria))
1659	Becoming Heir to the Duchy of Lorraine (Age: 15 years old, Period: 1659, Location: Habsburg Territories Centered on Vienna) Transition from Clerical Career to Military Officer (Charles V, Age: 15 years old, Period: c. 1659–1663, Location: Vienna and Habsburg Territories)
1664	Participation in the Battle of Saint Gotthard (Age: 21 years old, Period: August 1, 1664, Location: Saint Gotthard (present-day Hungary-Austria Border Area))
1670	Reoccupation of Lorraine by France (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1670, Location: Duchy of Lorraine)
1672	Franco-Dutch War (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1672–1678, Location: Netherlands, Rhineland, Alsace Region)
1674	Wounded in the Battle of Seneffe (Charles V, Age: 31 years old, Period: August 11, 1674, Location: Seneffe (present-day Belgium))
1675	Succession to the Title of Duke of Lorraine (Charles V, Age: 32 years old, Period: September 18, 1675, Location: Vienna and Habsburg Territories)
1676	Recapture of Philippsburg (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1676, Location: Philippsburg (present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany))
1678	Marriage (Charles V, Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, Age: 34 years old, Period: February 4, 1678, Location: Wiener Neustadt (present-day Austria))
1679	Recognition of the Title of Duke of Lorraine by the Treaty of Nijmegen (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1679, Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands)
1684	First Siege of Buda (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1684, Location: Buda (present-day Budapest, Hungary))
1686	Recapture of Buda (Age: 42 years old, Period: 1686, Location: Buda (present-day Budapest, Hungary))
1687	Second Battle of Mohács (Age: 44 years old, Period: August 12, 1687, Location: Mohács (present-day Hungary))
1688	Nine Years' War (1688–1697, Age: 44 years old, Period: 1688–1690, Location: Rhineland, Mainz, etc.)
1689	Recapture of Mainz (Age: 46 years old, Period: September 8, 1689, Location: Mainz (present-day Germany))
1690	Death of Charles V (Age: 47 years old, Period: April 18, 1690)
1716	Austro-Turkish War (Age: 25 years after death, Period: 1663–1664, Location: Kingdom of Hungary, Border Region of Austria-Hungary)

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Roman Empire	Rudolf II Matthias Ferdinand II Ferdinand Ernst Leopold I Charles VI Maria Theresa
Habsburg Family	Leopold Felician Prince Eugene Kara Mustafa Pasha Jan Sobieski Charles V
Science and Astronomy	Tycho Brahe Jan Baptist van Helmont Georg Marcgrave Georg Ernst Stahl Lorenz Heister Albrecht von Haller Philip Clüver Maria Sibylla Merian Johann Georg Gmelin
Music & Art	Peter Paul Rubens Heinrich Schütz Dieterich Buxtehude Johann Pachelbel Georg Philipp Telemann Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt Johann Balthasar Neumann

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