!!!Piccolomini, Ottavio Octavio Fürst

b. Florence (Italy), Nov. 11, 1599, 
d. Vienna, Aug. 11, 1656, Duke of Amalfi, imperial general in the  
Thirty Years' War. Wallenstein´s confidant, 
reported his secret plans to the imperial court and was a leader in 
the conspiracy against Wallenstein; after his murder obtained a part 
of his property as a reward. With M.  Gallas defeated the Swedish near 
Noerdlingen in 1634. 1648 became field marshal and 1650 Imperial 
Prince.

!Literature
G. Schormann, Der 30jaehrige Krieg, 1985.



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