Count Wirich Philipp von Daun

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Count Wirich Philipp von Daun, , (Vienna, October 19, 1669 - Vienna, July 30, 1741) was an Austrian Field Marshal in the War of Spanish Succession, and father of the better known Leopold Josef Graf Daun.

His father was Wilhelm Graf Daun, also a Field Marshal. Wirich served in the War of Spanish Succession under Eugene of Savoy, and gained his glory in the succesful defence of Turin in 1706. He also conquered Gaeta on September 30, 1707.

After the war, in 1713 he became viceroy of Naples.

In 1724 he became interim Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands in the absence of Eugene of Savoy, where the situation was very difficult after the mismanagement by the previous interim-governor Hercule-Louis Turinetti, marquis of Prié. Daun did not succeed in regaining the sympathy of the Belgians, and was replaced by Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria.

From 1725 until 1736 he was Governor of Milan.

He is buried in the Georgskapelle of the Augustinerkirche, together with his son.