Count Rodolfo Giovanni di Marazzino, also known as Rudolf Morzin,[1] (c. 11 November 1585 – 1645) was from an Italian family that lived in Bohemia. From 1629 to 1637 he served in the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War. After the Battle of Wittstock where he still fought for the Emperor in an allied army he was hired by his ally Electorate of Saxony and promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. In 1639 he was defeated at his first battle in charge in the Battle of Chemnitz and dismissed.[2]
Assessment
editWilliam Guthrie states that Marazzino was "a brave and reliable subordinate, he was poorly suited to independent command and wholly out of his depth against the Swedish commander Johan Banér".[2]
Notes
edit- ^ His name is also spelt Rodolfo Giovanni di Marrazzino, and Rudolph von Marzin
- ^ a b Guthrie 2003, p. 48.
References
edit- Guthrie, William P. (2003), The Later Thirty Years War: From the Battle of Wittstock to the Peace of Westphalia, Contributions in Military Studies, vol. 222, Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 48, ISBN 9780313324086