biography
| name: |
Montecuccoli, Raimondo
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pronunciation:
[montaykukohlee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1609–80)
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| biography:
| Soldier and writer, born in Montecuccolo Castle, NC Italy. In the service of the Habsburgs, he took part in the Thirty Years' War. Later, he defeated the Turks at St Gottardo on the Raab (1664) and successfully fought in the war against Louis XIV. He is best known as a theorist on the art of war. |
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