Count Ernesto Montecuccoli (1582 – June 17, 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. He fought in the regiment of Giorgio Basta alongside Albrecht von Wallenstein in the Long Turkish War.[1]
In 1632, troops under Montecuccoli's command burned down the town of Knittlingen. 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.
He was the uncle of Raimondo Montecuccoli, who started his own military career under Ernesto's command in 1629.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Caferro, William (2017-03-27). The Routledge History of the Renaissance. Taylor & Francis. p. 306. ISBN 978-1-351-84946-3.
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