Ernst von Montecuccoli (1582-1633)

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Name (English)
Ernst von Montecuccoli
Short name
Ernesto Montecuccoli
Year of birth
1582
Year of death
1633
Short Description
Count Ernesto Montecuccoli (1582 – June 17, 1633) was a General in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War, a member of the prominent Italian Montecuccoli Family.

In 1632, troops under Montecuccoli´s command burned down the town of Knittlingen. On 16 August of the same year, Montecuccoli´s forces were defeated in the Battle of Wiesloch by a Swedish army led by Count Gustav Horn.

He was the uncle of Raimondo Montecuccoli, who started his own military career under Ernesto´s command.

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  • Sur la prinse de Monsr. le General, Erneste de/ Monte Cuculi etc. qui a esté prins devant Brisach/ Anno 1633 le 8 de juin.

    Sur la prinse de Monsr. le General, Erneste de/ Monte Cuculi etc. qui a esté prins devant Brisach/ Anno 1633 le 8 de juin.

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