Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy was a military commander who fought for the Spanish Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War and for the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Year
Portrait by Peter Paul Rubens
Engraving by Chrispijn van der Passe showing the conquests and the equestrian portrait of Ambrogio Spinola, with the Count of Bucquoy riding by his side
Bohemian Revolt
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The Bohemian Revolt was an uprising of the Bohemian estates against the rule of the Habsburg dynasty that began the Thirty Years' War. It was caused by both religious and power disputes. The estates w
Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy
…the post in August 1614. He happened to be on leave in the Habsburg Netherlands when on 23 May 1618 the Second Defenestration of Prague triggered the Bohemian Revolt. Bucquoy returned to Vienna in August and took command of the imperial forces raised to put down the revolt. Short of soldiers, supplies and money, his…
The 1618 Defenestration of Prague
The Siege of Pilsen, a month-long siege of Pilsen in 1618
The window (second floor) where the Second Defenestration occurred. Note the monument to the right of the castle tower.
Historical re-enactment of the Battle of White Mountain.