Károly József Batthyány
Károly József Batthyány | |
|---|---|
Portrait painting of Prince Karl Joseph of Batthyány-Strattmann | |
| Ban of Croatia | |
| In office 16 March 1743 – 6 July 1756 | |
| Monarch | Maria Theresa |
| Preceded by | György Branyng |
| Succeeded by | Ferenc Nádasdy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1697 |
| Died | 15 April 1772 (aged 74) |
| Spouse(s) |
Countess Maria Theresa von Strattmann-Peuerbach
(m. 1726; died 1760)Countess Maria Antonia Batthyány
(died 1772) |
| Relations | Theodor von Strattman (grandfather) |
| Children | 12 |
| Parent(s) | Ádám II Batthyány Eleonore Batthyány-Strattmann |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Holy Roman Empire |
| Rank | Field marshal |
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "serviceyears". Replace with "service_years".
Károly József, 1st Prince Batthyány (Hungarian: Batthyány Károly József; German: Karl Josef Graf Batthyány; 28 April 1697 – 15 April 1772) was a Hungarian nobleman, general and field marshal in the service of the Habsburg monarchy. A trusted commander of Prince Eugene of Savoy, he fought in the wars against the Ottoman Empire and France, distinguishing himself in the Battle of Pfaffenhofen (1745) during the War of the Austrian Succession. From 1743 to 1756 he served as Ban of Croatia and in 1764 he was elevated by Maria Theresa to the rank of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.