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Melchior, Graf von Gleichen und Hatzfeldt
German field marshal
Quick Facts
- German:
- “Melchior, count of Gleichen and Hatzfeldt”
- Born:
- October 10, 1593, Krottorf, Sayn, Germany
- Died:
- January 9, 1658, Castle Powitzko, near Trachenberg, Silesia [now Żmigród, Poland] (aged 64, died on this day)
Melchior, Graf von Gleichen und Hatzfeldt (born October 10, 1593, Krottorf, Sayn, Germany—died January 9, 1658, Castle Powitzko, near Trachenberg, Silesia [now Żmigród, Poland]) was a field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48). Though active in every theatre of the war, he proved no match for the leading Protestant generals. From 1625 to 1632 Hatzfeldt campaigned under the imperial generalissimo Albrecht von Wallenstein; he then took part in the conspiracy that toppled Wallenstein (1634), for which the emperor Ferdinand III rewarded him with lands and titles. From 1639 to 1643 he was successful in ...(100 of 163 words)