Ramboldo XIII, Count of Collalto (also Rambaldo; 1575 – 19 November 1630) was an Italian Imperial commander.

Biography

Born at

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into an ancient noble House of Collalto, dating back to the 10th century, he was the son of Venetian general Antonio IV of Collalto. Expelled from the

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, he joined the Imperial Army and reached the rank of colonel. In 1620 he was sent by

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to Hungary, where he opposed very energetically the rebellions led by

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. After being Imperial envoy in

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and

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, he fought in 1623 under

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on the Rhine and Main and became in 1624 head of the Imperial War Council in

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. Made a Field Marshal, he received supreme command of the campaign in Northern Italy against Charles Gonzaga of Nevers during the War of Mantuan Succession. Already very sick, he was not present at the siege and sack of

on 18 July 1630. Charged of conspiring with Venice, he traveled to Vienna to defend himself, but died on the way in Chur, on 19 November 1630.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Count of Collalto, Ramboldo 1575 births 1630 deaths Military personnel from Mantua 16th-century Italian nobility 17th-century Italian nobility Field marshals of the Holy Roman Empire Knights of the Golden Fleece People of the War of the Mantuan Succession