Raimondo Montecuccoli

Raimondo Montecúccoli
Raimondo Montecúccoli by
Born	(1609-02-21)21 February 1609 Pavullo nel Frignano, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Died	16 October 1680(1680-10-16) (aged 71) Linz, Archduchy of Austria
Buried at	Vienna
Allegiance	Holy Roman Empire
Service/branch	Imperial Army
Years of service	1628–1678
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall
Battles/wars	Thirty Years' War Battle of Breitenfeld Battle of Lützen Battle of Nördlingen Battle of Chemnitz Battle of Zusmarshausen First War of Castro Second Northern War Austro-Turkish War Battle of Saint Gotthard Dutch War Battle of Salzbach
Awards	Order of the Golden Fleece

Thirty Years' War

First War of Castro
Second Northern War
Austro-Turkish War

Dutch War

Raimondo, Count of Montecúccoli or Montecucculi (German: Raimondo Graf Montecúccoli; 21 February 1609 – 16 October 1680) was an Italian military commander who also served as general for the Habsburg Monarchy, and was also a prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Neapolitan Duke of Melfi.

Montecuccoli was born on 21 February 1609 in the Castello di Montecuccolo in Pavullo nel Frignano, near Modena.

At the age of sixteen Montecuccoli began as a private soldier under his uncle, Count Ernest Montecuccoli (died 1633), a distinguished Austrian general. Four years later, after much active service in Germany and the Low Countries, he became a captain of infantry. He was severely wounded at the storming of New Brandenburg, and again in the same year (1631) at the first battle of Breitenfeld, where he fell into the hands of the Swedes.

He was again wounded at Lützen in 1632, and on his recovery was made a major in his uncle's regiment. Shortly afterwards he became a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry. He did good service at the first battle of Nordlingen (1634), and at the storming of Kaiserslautern in the following year won his colonelcy by a feat of arms of unusual brilliance, a charge through the breach at the head of his heavy cavalry.