 He was Lord Chamberlain for two crown princes, became in 1710 Imperial Count (Reichsgraf) of the Holy Roman Empire and Count (Graf) in Prussia after the Battle of Malplaquet in which he successfully led the Prussian forces under Prince Eugene.His military career culminated in 1733 when he was made Prussian Field Marshal.In the years 1716 to 1720, Finck von Finckenstein had Finckenstein Palace built after the design of John von Collas.