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    Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld (German: Peter Ernst Graf von Mansfeld; c. 1580 – 29 November 1626), or simply Ernst von Mansfeld, was a German military...
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    Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort (20 July 1517 – 25 May 1604) was a Spanish Imperial army commander of German origin and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands...
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    the Ottoman-Habsburg wars. Von Mansfeld was the son of Count Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, born in present-day Luxembourg, and was educated in France...
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    Battle of Dessau Bridge (category Albrecht von Wallenstein)
    outside Dessau, Germany on 25 April 1626. This battle was an attempt by Ernst von Mansfeld to cross the Dessau bridge [de] in order to invade the headquarters...
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    repayment of debts incurred by Counts Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, Hans Ernst and Bruno von Mansfeld. The family's assets were confiscated in 1579...
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    Bohemia carried out by the forces of the Bohemian Protestants led by Ernst von Mansfeld. It was the first major battle of the Thirty Years' War. The Protestant...
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    in 1630, Margaretha Catharine von Lobkowicz but had no further children. Mansfeld first served under Ernst von Mansfeld and the Swedish Empire during...
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    of Ernst von Mansfeld. When Mansfeld was on his way to reinforce general Hohenlohe, who was besieging České Budějovice, Bucquoy intercepted Mansfeld near...
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    authorised sending a force under Count Ernst von Mansfeld to support the Bohemian rebels. In August 1618, forces under Mansfeld entered Bohemia and led the Siege...
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    Spanish Netherlands between a Spanish army and the Protestant forces of Ernst von Mansfeld and Christian of Brunswick during the Eighty Years' War and the Thirty...
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    crossed the Rhine River from Alsace to junction with a force under Ernst von Mansfeld. Combined, the armies aimed to prevent a link-up between Count Tilly...
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    main army against Tilly, Ernst von Mansfeld would attack Wallenstein, supported by Christian of Brunswick. In the event, Mansfeld was defeated at the Battle...
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    Baden-Durlach and Ernst von Mansfeld manage to intercept the Catholic forces at the Battle of Mingolsheim on Wiesloch 27 April. Following that, Mansfeld then moved...
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    appointed Peter Ernst von Mansfeld as acting Governor-General while he was in France. Days after Farnese's departure for France, Mansfeld and Colonel Francisco...
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    Frederick and Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, a mercenary army under Ernst von Mansfeld was sent to support the Bohemian rebels. Attempts by Maximilian and...
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    of Dessau in 1626 he performed very distinguished service against Ernst von Mansfeld. He and his constant comrade Matthias Gallas were ennobled on the...
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  • son of Count Peter Ernst von Mansfeld, Ernst von Mansfeld was a noted mercenary commander during the Thirty Years' War Georg von Frundsberg 1473–1528...
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    Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy in the wars against Ernst von Mansfeld and Gabriel Bethlen (both supporters of the Bohemian revolt) in Moravia...
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  • Miroslav J. Mansfeld (1912–1991), a Czech World War II flying ace Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben (1551–1637), Countess of Mansfeld Ernst von Mansfeld (c. 1580–1626)...
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  • towards Kiseljak. The village is located in the municipality of Ilidža. Ernst von Mansfeld, a well-known mercenary general of the Thirty Years' War, died at...
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    Amiens on 13 May. An attempted relief force sent under the command of Ernst von Mansfeld and the Archduke of Austria repeatedly failed to dislodge the besiegers...
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    impeachment as a parliamentary tool. An underfunded makeshift army under Ernst von Mansfeld set off to recover the Palatinate, but it was so poorly provisioned...
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    blamed for the failure of the military expedition under the command of Ernst von Mansfeld, a famous German mercenary general, sent to the continent to recover...
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    Münster and Paderborn. Christian's military actions began in 1622 when Ernst von Mansfeld began organizing his forces and expressed interest in linking up with...
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    Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben (1551–1637) was Countess of Mansfeld and the daughter of Johann (Hans) Georg I, of Mansfeld Eisleben. She converted Gebhard...
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    According to old German literature, dragoons were invented by Count Ernst von Mansfeld, one of the greatest German military commanders, in the early 1620s...
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    a result, Philip confiscated the castle and conferred it on Peter Ernst von Mansfeld, the governor of Luxembourg. In 1417 the last Vianden descendant died...
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    Support: Poland Commanders and leaders Jindřich Matyáš Thurn Frederick V Ernst von Mansfeld Gabriel Bethlen Matthias Ferdinand II Count of Bucquoy Philip III...
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    Jägerndorf against the Elector of Saxony. By 1622 he had followed Ernst von Mansfeld into Dutch service. Taking part in the sieges of Bergen-op-Zoom, Groenlo...
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  • children by his second marriage were the military commander Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort (1517-1604) and Elisabeth (ca. 1516–1541), briefly wife...
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