Othon Henri del Caretto or Del Carretto, Marquis of Grana (1629 – Mariemont, Hainaut 15 June 1685) was an

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Army commander and political figure. Descendant from an old Italian noble family, he was titular

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, Marquis of Grana, Count of

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, etc. He became instantly famous on 11 August 1675 in the Battle of Konzer Brucke, he engaged the right flank on exactly the right moment against the French under

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, inflicting a severe defeat. On the battlefield a ''Grana-memorial'' was erected in 1892. He became a

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in 1678, Field Marshal of the Empire, Imperial ambassador in Madrid and General Captain and

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in April 1682. On 31 July 1667 he married Countess Maria Theresia von Herberstein (

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1641 –

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1682), widow of Franz Adam Graf von Losenstein. They had two daughters: * Maria Enrichetta (

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1671 –

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1744), Margravine of Savona and Marquesses of Grana, Countess of Millesimo, etc., married

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, 3rd Duke of Arenberg and Duke of Arschot (1663–1691) in Brussels on 12 February 1684, who was killed in the

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. * Maria Gabriella, (

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1675 –

before 1700), married Charles François de la Barre, Comte d’Erquelinnes et de Olloy, Baron de Hierges in 1690. After the death of his first wife Othon Henri married, on 10 June 1683, Maria Theresa d’Arenberg (1666–1716), sister of his son-in-law.

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