!!!Mansfeld, Ernst II

Mansfeld, Ernst II, b. Luxembourg (Luxembourg), 
around 1580, d. Rakowica (Bosnia and Herzegovina), 
Nov. 29, 1626, army commander. Was a godson of Archduke Ernst and 
served the Habsburgs until 1610, when he joined the Protestant Union. 
Fought in Bohemia in 1618, was placed under the ban of the empire in 
1620, devastated the Upper Palatinate, attempted to invade the 
Habsburg territory in 1625 and was defeated by  Wallenstein on April 
25, 1626.


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