Charles Eugène de Croÿ
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Field Marshal Charles Eugène de Croy, (Russian: Карл Евгений де Круа) (1651 - 1703), Duke, military officer from the House of Croÿ.
He participated in the Battle of Lund 1676 on the Dano-Norwegian side.
Later on he fought with success in the Imperial Austrian Army against the Turks and participated in both the liberation of Vienna in 1683 and the attack on Beograd in 1690. He was promoted to Imperial Field Marshal for his services.
In 1697 he started serving the Russian Tsar Peter the Great and was Chief in Command for his forces in Livonia. He was in command of the Russian forces in the Battle of Narva in 20 November 1700 when he surrendered and was taken prisoner by the Swedes.
He died in Tallinn as a war prisoner in 1703. On demand of his creditors, his body was not buried for more than a hundred years, and, when mummified, was exhibited as a curiosity.
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