Jean-Philippe-Eugène, Count de Mérode, 5th Marquess of Westerloo (22 June 1674 in Brussels – 12 September 1732 in Merode castle) was a Belgian soldier and Feldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire and a prominent member of the House of Merode. In Flemish and Dutch sources, he is known as Jan Filip van Merode-Westerloo.
Equestrian portrait of Jean-Philippe-Eugène de Merode-Westerloo by J. van Schuppen
Jean-Philippe-Eugène de Merode was the only surviving child of Maximilian de Merode and Isabella-Margaretha de Merode. His father died one year after his birth and his mother remarried with the Joachim Ernest II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Rethwisch. This was an army commander who guided Jean-Philippe towards a military career. At the age of five Jean-Philippe was already present at the siege of Oran in North Africa.
The next year he fought in the Battle of Blenheim on the side of the French under Tallard and Marsin. The battle was a great defeat and Mérode narrowly escaped death.
After the battle, Mérode retired to his castles in Westerlo, Pietersheim and Merode. From then on, he served the new rulers of the Southern Netherlands: the Austrian Emperors Joseph I and Charles VI. In 1717 he was rewarded with the title of Field Marshal.
He married first in 1701 in Bayonne in 1701 with Maria-Theresia de Aragon y Pignatelli, daughter of Nicolas Pignatelli, Duke de Monteleone and Viceroy of Sardinia. They had three children of whom only Isabella-Marie (1703-1780) survived infancy, marrying a Count Czernin. Maria-Theresia died of Smallpox on 9 August 1718.
Merode married again on 29 September 1721 with Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine Amalie Alexandrina (1703–1740), daughter of Francis Alexander, Prince of Nassau-Hadamar. Children :
Jean-Philippe-Eugène de Merode-Westerloo is best remembered for his memoirs, which were published by his great-grandson Henri de Merode, and which are a valuable source of information on the Battle of Blenheim, as seen from the side of the defeated.
Jean-Philippe-Eugène de Merode-Westerloo: Mémoires de Feld-Maréchal Comte de Merode-Westerloo, Chevalier de la Toison d'Or, Capitaine de Trabans de l'Empereur Charles VI. - 2 Volumes, Brussels, 1840
Literatureedit
Parker, Robert; Mérode-Westerloo, Count (1998). Chandler, David (ed.). Military Memoirs of Marlborough's campaigns 1702-1712. Translated by Chandler, David. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN1-85367-330-7. OCLC 652038985.
January 01, 1970
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