MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ernst von Mansfeld

1580 - 1626

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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 commander; despite being a Catholic, he fought for the Protestants during the early years of the Thirty Years' War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst von Mansfeld has received more than 113,502 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ernst von Mansfeld is the 406th most popular military personnel (up from 478th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Luxembourger Military Personnel.

Ernst von Mansfeld was a German military commander and diplomat in the 16th century. He was most famous for leading the German army in the Battle of Dessau Bridge.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ernst von Mansfeld ranks 406 out of 2,058Before him are Günther Rall, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, La Hire, and Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta. After him are Laskarina Bouboulina, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Pierre Augereau, Reinhard Scheer, Henri Guisan, and Mitsuru Ushijima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Ernst von Mansfeld ranks 6Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont, Josaphat Kuntsevych, Willebrord Snellius, John Smith, and Köprülü Mehmed Pasha. After him are Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Gabriel Bethlen, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Cristóvão Ferreira, Augusta of Denmark, and Andrea Falconieri. Among people deceased in 1626, Ernst von Mansfeld ranks 5Before him are Francis Bacon, Nurhaci, Willebrord Snellius, and John Dowland. After him are William V, Duke of Bavaria, Adriaen de Vries, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Isabella of Savoy, Wakisaka Yasuharu, Marino Ghetaldi, and Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Ernst von Mansfeld ranks 10 out of 95Before him are Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1955), Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jacques Santer (1937), Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921), and Jules A. Hoffmann (1941). After him are Gaston Thorn (1928), Hugo Gernsback (1884), Joseph Bech (1887), Edward Steichen (1879), Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894), and Charly Gaul (1932).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Luxembourg

Among military personnels born in Luxembourg, Ernst von Mansfeld ranks 1After him are Hermann von François (1856).