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Piccolomini, Ottavio Octavio Fürst
© Copyright Prince Ottavio Piccolomini, painting by G. Segers Piccolomini, Prince Ottavio (Octavio), b. Florence (Italy), Nov. 11, 1599, d. Vienna, Aug. 11, 1656, Duke of Amalfi, imperial general in the Thirty Years' War. Wallenstein´s confidant, reported his secret plans to the imperial court and was a leader in the conspiracy against Wallenstein; after his murder obtained a part of his property as a reward. With M. Gallas defeated the Swedish near Nördlingen in 1634. 1648 became field marshal and 1650 Imperial Prince. Literature: G. Schormann, Der 30jährige Krieg, 1985.
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