Siglavy

[2] According to Donna Landry's academic study, he was purchased in Aleppo in 1814 by Prince Charles Philippe de Schwarzenberg, along with three other Arabian horses, as part of a military procurement mission entrusted by the Habsburgs to supply their stud farms.

[1] He was acquired for a substantial sum of 3,400 florins and was likely closely guarded on his journey to Vienna, the capital of the Austrian Empire.

[3] In 1816, after being tested on his stallion abilities,[1] Siglavy was transferred from Prince Schwarzenberg[4] to the imperial stables at Koptschan (in present-day Slovakia).

[1] The first evidence of his presence at the Lipica stud dates back to 1821, when he was used as a stallion to sire military horses for war and for transporting Austrian troops.

[3] Siglavy is recognized as the founder of one of the six modern Lipizzan bloodline lineages.