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5 unusual facts about Ernesto Montecuccoli


Ernesto Montecuccoli

He was the uncle of Raimondo Montecuccoli, who started his own military career under Ernesto's command.

Count Ernesto Montecuccoli (died 1633) was a General in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War, a member of the prominent Italian Montecuccoli Family.

On 16 August of the same year, Montecuccoli's forces were defeated in the Battle of Wiesloch by a Swedish army led by Count Gustav Horn.

In 1632, troops under Montecuccoli's command burned down the town of Knittlingen.

Knittlingen

In 1632 during the Thirty Years War, Knittlingen was burned down by troops of General Ernesto Montecuccoli who fought on the side of the Empire.



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