Adam Heinrich von Steinau

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Adam Heinrich von Steinau
Died1712
Nebillau
Buried
Jakobus Church, Prusing
AllegianceSaxon
Years of service13
RankGeneralfeldmarschall
Commands held3
Battles/warsWar of the Grand Alliance

Adam Heinrich Graf[1] von Steinau (died 1712) was a Saxon Generalfeldmarschall.

Steinau served in the

Royal Hungary in the continuous war with the Ottoman Turks
.

On 27 August 1699 Steinau was promoted to the rank of the Generalfeldmarschall. With his Saxon troops he participated on behalf of Augustus II the Strong in the Great Northern War defending Livonia in the Courland campaign, and in February – November 1700 the Siege of Riga. In July 1700 he won a battle in Jungfernhof (Jumpravmuiža, Jumprava) near Riga against the young Swedish general Otto Vellingk.

On 9 July 1701 Steinau lost at the

Crossing of the Daugava against King Charles XII of Sweden. On 9 July 1702 in Poland he lost the Battle of Kliszów. On 21 April 1703 a decisive battle was fought in Pułtusk, where the Swedish
army under Charles XII defeated and captured a large part of the Saxon army under Steinau. After this defeat Steinau time entered the service of Venice for a second time. He regarded service to Venice according to his own statement as "part of his old person".

In 1705 the count purchased Žinkovy, Chlumčany and Nebílovy including Netunice. In 1706 he commissioned construction of the Nebílovy palace[2] to building master Jakob Auguston from Plzeň. After his death in Nebílovy, Steinau was buried on the grounds of the Jakobus Church in Prusiny.

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  2. ^ Schloss Nebillau (Zámek Nebílovy)
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