Ernesto Montecuccoli Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Caferro, William . The Routledge History of the Renaissance . 2017-03-27 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-351-84946-3 . 306 . en.