!!!Montecuccoli, Raimund Fürst

b. Montecuccoli Palace near Modena (Italy), Feb. 21, 1609, 
d. Linz (Upper Austria), Oct. 16, 1680, General. 1625 entered the 
Austrian army, president of the imperial war council and creator of 
the first Austrian standing army. Was successful in the Thirty Years' 
War and in the Swedish-Polish war against the Swedes, 1644 defeated 
the Turks at  Mogersdorf and was in command of the Austrian army 
against France 1672-1675. M. also served as a diplomat for Emperor 
Ferdinand III. One of the most important military theorists and 
military writers of the 17th century. Tomb in the Capuchin church in 
Linz.

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Edition: Ausgewaehlte Schriften, 4 vols., 1899-1900.

!Literature
F. Stoeller, R. M., in: H. Hantsch, Gestalter der 
Geschicke Oe., 1962.



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