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Wilhelm Freiherr von Roggendorf (1481 – 25 August 1541) was an Austrian military commander and
Hofmeister.
He was a son of , and thus member of the ancient family from
Styria
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, which ruled in
Lower Austria
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since the middle of the 15th century.
Wilhelm von Roggendorf served the
Habsburgs
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starting in 1491. He was
Stadtholder
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of
Friesland
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between 1517 and 1520, and was in the second half of the 1520s
Hofmeister of
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
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. In the winter of 1523-1524 was the chief of the German infantry in the Spanish army which invaded the north of the
Kingdom of Navarre
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The medieval state took ...
and the
Bearn. Later he took part in the recovering of the city-fortress of
Hondarribia
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The border town is situated on a ...
, conquered by the French admiral Bonnivet three years before. During the
Siege of Vienna in 1529 by the Turks, he served as commander of the heavy cavalry under his brother-in-law
Nicholas, Count of Salm
Nicholas, Count of Salm (Vielsalm, Belgium 1459 – Salmhof, Marchegg, Lower Austria, 4 May 1530) was a German soldier and an Imperial senior military commander (German: ''Feldherr''). His greatest achievement was the defense of Vienna duri ...
(1459–1530). In the following years he had an influential role at the Austrian court as Obersthofmeister. He resigned in 1539, but returned as commander of the Austrian
Siege of Buda, which ended in disaster. Von Roggendorf was wounded during this battle and died two days later of his wounds.
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Alfred Kohler
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Christian Brandstätter
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: ''Stadtchronik Wien.''
Christian Brandstätter Verlag
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, Wien/München 1986,
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1481 births
1541 deaths
15th-century Austrian people
16th-century Austrian people
Austrian generals
Barons of Austria