Karl Philipp, Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (or Charles Philip, Prince of Schwarzenberg; 18/19 April 1771 – 15 October 1820) was an Austrian Generalissimo. He fought in the Battle of Wagram (1809) but the Austrians lost decisively against Napoleon. He had to fight for Napoleon in the Battle of Gorodechno (1812) against the Russians and won. He was in command of the allied army that defeated Napoleon decisively in the Battle of Leipzig (1813). He joined the Battle of Paris (1814) that forced Napoleon to abdicate.
After a campaign in Saxony the Bohemian army was defeated on August 26, 1813 by Napoleonic troops in the battle of Dresden after which Karl Philipp was forced to retreat back to Bohemia, to the Ore Mountains where he stayed until early October. Shortly before the start of the so-called "Battle of the Nations" near Leipzig, the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm III honored Schwarzenberg on October 8 with the Order of the Black Eagle. In the October 16-19 1813 battle near Leipzig Schwarzenberg directly commanded the troops on the southern flank. Most of the united allied forces were previously part of his army and the prince himself was formally considered the commander in chief. On October 16 his troops converged with Napoleon's forces between the Wachau and Libertvolkwitz winning on October 18 between Konniewitz and Probstheid and pushing the main enemy forces to Leipzig. Napoleon's defeat in this battle was crushing. After the battle Schwarzenberg was awarded the Russian Order of St. George 1st class on October 8 (20), 1813 "for the defeat of Napoleon in a three-day battle near Leipzig on October 4, 6 and 7, 1813/за поражение Наполеона в трех дневном бою под Лейпцигом 4-го, 6-го и 7-го октября 1813 года". After this victory, however, Schwarzenberg acted somewhat indecisively and did not organize an effective pursuit of the retreating Napoleonic troops.
