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Claudius Florimund Mercy

1666–1734 · 18th century · Also known as Claude Florimond de Mercy

Claudius Florimund Mercy was a Lorraine-born Habsburg field marshal who served as the first governor of the Banat of Temeswar from 1716 until 1734. He rebuilt Temeswar as a baroque fortress town, drained marshes, dug the Bega canal and brought in German, Italian and other settlers to farm the region and grow rice and silk. He was killed at the Battle of Parma in 1734 during the War of the Polish Succession.

Claudius Florimund Mercy
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