Guido Starhemberg

Guido Wald Rüdiger, Graf von Starhemberg (11 November 1657 – 7 March 1737) was an Austrian nobleman and military officer (commander-in-chief).

By birth member of an old House of Starhemberg, Guido was the eldest child and only son of Count Bartholomäus von Starhemberg (1625-1676) and his wife, Baroness Esther von Windisch-Graetz (d.

Between 1706 and 1708 he was the commander-in-chief of the imperial army in Hungary, leading military operations against the insurgents of Francis II Rákóczi.

Together with James Stanhope he succeeded in conquering Madrid in 1710, after previously gaining victories at Almenar and Saragossa.

In December, however, he was forced to leave the city by the lack of support by its inhabitants for the Habsburg pretender.