Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf Browne

Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf Browne (born October 23, 1705, Basel—died June 26, 1757, Prague) was a field marshal, one of Austria’s ablest commanders during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48) and the Seven Years’ War (1756–63), who nevertheless suffered defeat by Frederick II the Great of Prussia. A Habsburg subject of Irish ancestry, Browne commanded a small garrison in Silesia when, in 1740, Frederick II invaded and conquered the province. The Austrians retreated into Bohemia...