It was in this reign that an important change in the government of the Danubian Principalities was introduced: previously, the Porte had appointed Hospodars, usually native Moldavian and Wallachian boyars, to administer those provinces ; after the Russian campaign of 1711, during which Peter the Great found an ally in Moldavia Prince Dimitrie Cantemir, the Porte began overtly deputizing Phanariote Greeks in that region, and extended the system to Wallachia after Prince Stefan Cantacuzino established links with Eugene of Savoy.

* 1736 – Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-Austrian general ( b. 1663 )

The tactic proved unsuccessful, but when Tallard arrived to bolster the Elector's army, and Prince Eugene arrived with reinforcements for the Allies, the two armies finally met on the banks of the Danube in and around the small village of Blindheim.

Prince Eugene met Marlborough for the first time in 1704.

On 10 June, the Duke met for the first time the President of the Imperial War Council, Prince Eugene – accompanied by Count Wratislaw – at the village of Mundelsheim, half-way between the Danube and the Rhine.

But this destruction, coupled with a protracted siege of Rain ( 9 – 16 July ), caused Prince Eugene to lament "... since the Donauwörth action I cannot admire their performances ", and later to conclude " If he has to go home without having achieved his objective, he will certainly be ruined.

Prince Eugene was expected to be in position by 11: 00, but due to the difficult terrain and enemy fire, progress was slow.

At 13: 00, Cutts was ordered to attack the village of Blenheim whilst Prince Eugene was requested to assault Lutzingen on the Allied right flank.

Prince Eugene and the Imperial troops had been repulsed three times – driven right back to the woods – and had taken a real drubbing.

Ten infantry colours were lost to the Bavarians, and hundreds of prisoners taken ; it was only through the leadership of Eugene and the Prussian Prince that the Imperialist infantry were prevented from abandoning the field.

" It was a hard-fought contest, leading Prince Eugene to observe – " I have not a squadron or battalion which did not charge four times at least.

Trier was taken on 26 October and Landau fell on 23 November to the Margrave of Baden and Prince Eugene ; with the fall of Trarbach on 20 December, the campaign season for 1704 came to an end.

Prince Eugene of Savoy.

This was in part due to the sudden switching of troops from the Rhine to reinforce Prince Eugene in Italy, and part due to the deterioration of Baden ’ s health brought on by the re-opening of a severe foot wound he had received at the storming of the Schellenberg the previous year.

The first option ( although it is debatable to what extent the Duke was committed to such an enterprise ) was a plan to transfer his forces from the Spanish Netherlands to northern Italy ; once there, he intended linking up with Prince Eugene in order to defeat the French and safeguard Savoy from being overrun.

Further good news for the Allies arrived from northern Italy where, on 7 September, Prince Eugene had routed a French army before the Piedmontese capital, Turin, driving the Franco-Spanish forces from northern Italy.

Prince Eugene of Savoy ( French: François-Eugène de Savoie, German: Eugen von Savoyen, Italian: Principe Eugenio di Savoia-Carignano ; 18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736 ), was one of the most successful military commanders in modern European history, rising to the highest offices of state at the Imperial court in Vienna.

Genealogy of Prince Eugene.

Prince Eugene was born in the Hôtel de Soissons in Paris on 18 October 1663.

Yet to her great disappointment her chance to become queen passed by, and in 1657 Olympia married Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Count of Dreux, and Prince of Savoy.

Whatever the truth Olympia, rather than face trial, subsequently fled France for Brussels in January 1680, leaving Eugene in the care of his father's mother, Marie de Bourbon, and her daughter, Hereditary Princess of Baden, mother of Prince Louis of Baden.

Portrait of Prince Eugene of Savoy ( 1663 – 1736 ) c. 1700.

Prince Eugene crossing the Alps, 1701.

* Henderson, Nicholas: Prince Eugen of Savoy.

Confident and self-assured the Prince of Savoy ( ably assisted by Commercy and Guido Starhemberg ) set about restoring order and discipline.

Sullivan had one installed as well, and on 13 May 1883, at a party to celebrate the composer's 41st birthday, the guests, including the Prince of Wales ( later Edward VII ), heard a direct relay of parts of Iolanthe from the Savoy.

The obverse side of the coin shows the Grand Staircase in the town palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy in Vienna, currently the Austrian Ministry of Finance.

The allied forces were led by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and by Prince Eugene of Savoy.

After three weeks at the Savoy, Journey's End transferred to the Prince of Wales Theatre, where it ran for the next two years.

* 1663 – Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general ( d. 1736 )

While the aging Prince Eugene of Savoy had recommended to the emperor a more warlike posture against potential actions by France in the Rhine valley and northern Italy, only minimal steps were taken to improve imperial defenses on the Rhine.

In the spring of 1734 French maneuvers successfully flanked this line, and Prince Eugene of Savoy ( who, despite being a Savoyard, fought on the Austrian side ) was forced to withdraw these forces to the imperial encampment at Heilbronn.

It was marked by the military leadership of notable generals including the Duc de Villars, the Jacobite Duke of Berwick, the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy.

Armed conflict began slowly, as Austrian forces under Prince Eugene of Savoy invaded the Duchy of Milan, one of the Spanish territories in Italy, prompting French intervention.

Prince Eugene of Savoy by Jacob van Schuppen.

Prince Eugene also met with success ; in September, following the departure of Vendôme to shore up the shattered army in the Netherlands, he and the Duke of Savoy inflicted a heavy loss on the French under Orleans and Marsin at the Battle of Turin, driving them out of Italy by the end of the year.

File: Agust Querfurt Höchstädt Detail Eugen von Savoyen. jpg | Prince Eugene of Savoy at the Battle of Blenheim, 1704

* August 5 – Battle of Petrovaradin: 83, 300 Austrian troops of Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat 150, 000 Ottoman Turks under Damad Ali Pasha.

* April 24 – Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general ( b. 1663 )

* Prince Emmanuel Philibert Amadeus of Savoy ( Emanuele Filiberto Amedeo ) ( 1628 – 1709 ), 2nd prince de Carignan, lived in Italy, becoming governor of Ivrea in 1644, and of Asti in 1663.

* Prince Emmanuel Philibert Amadeus of Savoy ( Emanuele Filiberto Amedeo ) ( 1628 – 1709 ), 2nd prince de Carignan, lived in Italy, becoming governor of Ivrea in 1644, and of Asti in 1663.

* Prince Eugene of Savoy ( 1663 – 1736 ), noted general and Austrian Field Marshal

The islands were discovered on 4 March 1663 by Barent Barentszoon Lam of the Dutch ship Maerseveen and were named Dina ( Prince Edward ) and Maerseveen ( Marion ).

The Theatiner Church in Munich was built from 1663 onwards as a gesture of thanks for the birth of the long-awaited heir to the Bavarian crown, Prince Max Emanuel.

António Manoel de Vilhena ( 1663 – 10 December 1736 ) was the 66th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta from 19 June 1722 to his death in 1736.

* Ferdinando ( III ) de ' Medici, ( 1663 – 1713 ), Grand Prince of Tuscany 1663 – 1713

Count Palatine Edward of Simmern ( Prince Palatine Edward ) 5 October 1625 – 10 March 1663, was the sixth son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine ( of the House of Wittelsbach ), the " Winter King " of Bohemia, by his consort, the English princess Elizabeth Stuart.

Prince Edward died in Paris on 13 March 1663, aged 37.