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    Ottavio Piccolomini, 1st Duke of Amalfi (11 November 1599 – 11 August 1656) was an Italian nobleman whose military career included service as a Spanish...
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  • and Pius III (born Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini), as well as the Generalfeldmarschall Ottavio Piccolomini. Young nobles left Siena individually and...
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  • Ottavio Leoni, Italian painter Ottavio Piccolomini, (1599–1656), Italian nobleman and general Ottavio Rinuccini (1562–1621), Italian composer Ottavio...
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    Jesus Ascanio II Piccolomini (1590–1671), Archbishop of Siena from 1629, patron of the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei Ottavio Piccolomini (1599–1656),...
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    Imperial Army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and his deputy Ottavio Piccolomini. Victory allowed the Swedes to occupy and establish a secure base...
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  • Philip IV of Spain for Ottavio Piccolomini, an Imperial field marshal. Of noble Tuscan descent, two popes were scions of the Piccolomini family, and the first...
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    being repulsed by (red) Spanish infantry and Bavarian cavalry led by Ottavio Piccolomini Phase 2; Assaults by Swedish-German infantry are repulsed; von Taupadel...
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    "due in large measure to Piccolomini's solicitous kindness". He was an elder brother of the Imperial general Ottavio Piccolomini. While bishop, he was the...
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    of Orange's move against Hulst, an Imperial-Spanish army under Count Piccolomini destroyed the main French army in the south at the Battle of Thionville...
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    Imperial Army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and his deputy Ottavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi. Leopold Wilhelm assembled a court-martial in Prague...
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  • (1834-1899), Italian soprano Ottavio Piccolomini (1599–1656), Italian nobleman Palazzo Piccolomini, Pienza, Italy Piccolomini (crater), a prominent lunar...
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    Thionville (Diedenhofen) he was captured by Imperial relief forces under Ottavio Piccolomini and died from his wounds in captivity. His lettres inédites appeared...
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  • Wallenstein's Camp (Wallensteins Lager), a lengthy prologue, The Piccolomini (Die Piccolomini), and Wallenstein's Death (Wallensteins Tod). Schiller himself...
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    Francis, Prince of Carignano and the Imperial auxiliary corps under Ottavio Piccolomini lifted the French Siege of Saint-Omer in July. France renewed his...
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    (1545–1592) Torquato Conti (1591–1636) Ambrogio Spinola (1569–1630) Ottavio Piccolomini (1599–1656) Raimondo Montecuccoli (1609–1680) Battle of Montecatini...
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    in the campaign, Thomas had problems with the Imperialist general Ottavio Piccolomini, who refused to accept orders from the Prince as a Spanish commander...
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    View from the Imperial side in Pieter Snayers' painting of the battle, commissioned by Imperial commander Ottavio Piccolomini....
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  • Holy Roman Empire under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and Ottavio Piccolomini, supported by Saxon troops, and the Swedish Army under Lennart Torstensson...
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    Imperial-Spanish relief army of 11,000 under Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand and Ottavio Piccolomini, forced the invading army to lift the siege. This failure allowed...
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    Ludovisi (1595–1632) Honoré Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco (1597–1662) Ottavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi (1599–1656) Cardinal Francesco Sforza Pallavicino...
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    soldiers of both types, including an imperialist contingent under Ottavio Piccolomini was gathered at Mons during June. On the 2nd of July the Cardinal-Infante...
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    domain was seized again and donated by the Emperor to his general Ottavio Piccolomini, later Duke of Amalfi. Thus the town fell into the hands of the Italian...
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    in the Thirty Years' War in the ranks of the company of captain Ottavio Piccolomini, who the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo II de Medici, sent to Germany...
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    an Imperial army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and Ottavio Piccolomini raced to meet them. The race was essentially a draw. The Swedes under...
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  • arouse suspicion, while at the same time a party centered around Ottavio Piccolomini began circulating an anonymous tract that summarized the army's grudges...
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    in the campaign, Thomas had problems with the Imperialist general Ottavio Piccolomini, who refused to accept orders from the Prince as a Spanish commander...
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    2 May 1634 and was supported by the generals Matthias Gallas and Ottavio Piccolomini, the military adviser Johann Kaspar von Stadion and the political...
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    siege, but on 12 July a further Imperial-Spanish force commanded by Ottavio Piccolomini entered Saint-Omer, resolving the French marshals to withdraw. In...
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  • 1585) 1614 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552) 1656 – Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599) 1725 – Prince Vittorio...
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    besieging army, which withdrew in the face of a relief force under Ottavio Piccolomini on 4 July. Led by Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, the Spanish...
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