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Henri Duval, Count of Dampierre (1580 — 8 October 1620), often known simply as Henri de Dampierre, was a commander of imperial forces during the Bohemian Revolt that initiated the Thirty Years' War.
Henri Duval, Count of Dampierre (1580 — 8 October 1620), often known simply as Henri de Dampierre, was a commander of imperial forces during the Bohemian Revolt that initiated the Thirty Years' War.
Life
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, in the Prince-Bishopric of Metz
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, Dampierre entered Austrian Habsburg The term Habsburg Austria may refer to the lands ruled by the Austrian branch of the Habsburgs, or the historical Austria. Depending on the context, it may be defined as:
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service in 1602, during the Long Turkish War, and fought under Giorgio Basta against Stephen Bocskai during the Bocskai uprising.Wilhelm Edler von Janko, "Dampierre, Heinrich Duval Graf von", ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
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'', vol. 4 (Leipzig, 1876), p. 719. In 1605, mutineers in the garrison he was commanding forced him to surrender Esztergom to the besieging Turks.
Dampierre was an active commander during the Uskok War, and in 1618 was sent to Bohemia at the head of a hastily raised force to help put down the Bohemian Revolt. In August 1619 he was defeated by Moravian forces in the Battle of Wisternitz
The Battle of Wisternitz or Dolní Věstonice was fought on 5 August 1619 between a Moravian force of the Bohemian Confederation under Friedrich von Tiefenbach (Teuffenbach) and a Habsburg army under Henri de Dampierre. The battle was a Mora ...
. In the same year he raised a regiment of cuirassiers that would become the 8th Bohemian Dragoons, eventually the oldest regiment in regular imperial Austrian service. His men foiled a Protestant attempt to intimidate Ferdinand II into making concessions by storming the Hofburg Palace. Sent to prevent Gabriel Bethlen from linking up with the Bohemian rebels, Dampierre died of his wounds on 8 October 1620, after leading an unsuccessful assault on Bratislava Castle.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dampierre, Henri de 1580 births 1620 deaths Military personnel of the Thirty Years' War