Military man. Laudon joined Austrian military service in 1741, serving in the Third Silesian War (1758), at the Battle of Liegnitz (1760), as commander-in-chief of the Austrian armies in Bohemia and Moravia (1769) and in the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778). During the Austro-Turkish war (1787-1791), he distinguished himself in particular at the Siege of Belgrade (1789).
Ernst Gideon, Freiherr von Laudon. Anonymous portrait in oils (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna)
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In 1791, Joseph Count Deym von Střítež erected a mausoleum in honour of Laudon for which Mozart composed the Adagio and Allegro K594.
- Date 1
- 1717, Tootzen
- Date 2
- 1790, Novy Jicin
- Date (Mozart)
- 1790-1791
- Location (Mozart)
- Vienna
- Bibliographic Reference
- Janko, 1869; Kunisch, 1992
Pages referencing Laudon, Ernst Gideon von (1717-1790):
Souvenir and expression in Mozart’s music
W. A. Mozart, Music for the memorial to Field Marshall Gideon Laudon