Johann Baptist von Arco

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Johann Baptist Graf von Arco (* around 1650; † March 21, 1715 in Munich ) was a diplomat and field marshal in the service of the Electorate of Bavaria during the War of the Spanish Succession .

Life

Johann Baptist von Arco was born as the son of the Imperial General Feldzeugmeister Prosper von Arco and his wife Ursula Franzelina von Ketteler. In 1680 he married Ursula von Berndorff.

He had already entered the Bavarian army in 1672 , but only three years later switched to Austrian service together with his disgraced father. In 1683 he was again present on the Bavarian side; as colonel of the so-called arco cuirassiers . He gained military service in the following years , including in the German-Polish relief army , which liberated Vienna from the Second Turkish siege , and when Belgrade was retaken in 1688. Count von Arco took part in the campaigns on the Upper Rhine, in northern Italy and in the Netherlands part, where he led the Bavarian cavalry in 1693 at Neer winds. In 1696 he was therefore appointed by Elector Maximilian II Emanuel as his Court War Council President, but recalled when the War of the Spanish Succession broke out and in 1702 raised to the rank of General Field Marshal. While the elector tried to defend himself against the imperial troops in eastern Bavaria , Arco led the command in Swabia and intended to join forces with the French rushing from the Rhine in a permanent camp near Donauwörth . In 1704, however, Arco was defeated by the Duke of Marlborough and the Margrave of Baden . In the battle of Höchstädt he resisted the attacks of Prince Eugene on the left wing of the line-up, but then followed his master to the Netherlands . After taking part in the Battle of Ramillies , he returned to Bavaria.

The count was one of the most important Bavarian representatives of a policy that was friendly to France and was therefore given the honorary title of Marshal of France . He had also been sent to England several times on a diplomatic mission.

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SURNAME Arco, Johann Baptist von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arco, Johann Baptist Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Field Marshal General of the Electorate of Bavaria in the War of the Spanish Succession
DATE OF BIRTH around 1650
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1715
Place of death Munich