military leader
Austrian general
Count Adolf von Schwarzenberg was a general of the Holy Roman Empire whose sword, along with that of his descendant Prince Karl Philipp, is preserved in the arsenal of Vienna. He fought in the wars of religion, but was chiefly distinguished in the wars against the Turks on the eastern frontier. He was killed in a mutiny of the soldiers at Pápa in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1600 during the Long Turkish War.
In the Arcade
Studio characters
On-theme arcade editions starring the Adolf von Schwarzenberg parody.
Count Adolf von Schwarzenberg (1547 – 29 July 1600) was a general of the Holy Roman Empire whose sword, along with that of his descendant Prince Karl Philipp, is preserved in the arsenal of Vienna. He fought in the wars of religion, but was chiefly distinguished in the wars against the Turks on the eastern frontier. He was killed in a mutiny of the soldiers at Pápa in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1600 during the Long Turkish War.
His only son was Adam von Schwarzenberg (1583–1641), advisor of George William, Elector of Brandenburg during the Thirty Years' War.