Count Ernesto Montecuccoli (1582 – June 17, 1633) was a General in the service of the
Holy Roman Empire
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during the
Thirty Years War
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, a member of the prominent Italian
Montecuccoli
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Family.
In 1632, troops under Montecuccoli's command burned down the town of
Knittlingen
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It lies at the eastern edge of the Kraichgau in the centre of a rectangle that is formed by Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Heilbronn, and Stuttgart.
The centre of Kn ...
. On 16 August of the same year, Montecuccoli's forces were defeated in the
Battle of Wiesloch by a
Swedish
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army led by Count
Gustav Horn.
He was the uncle of
Raimondo Montecuccoli, who started his own military career under Ernesto's command.
1582 births
1633 deaths
Austrian generals
Italian generals
Military personnel of the Thirty Years' War
Italian people of the Thirty Years' War
Austrian people of the Thirty Years' War
Military personnel of the Holy Roman Empire
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