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Peter Ernst Graf von Mansfeld, 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. H
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Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort was a Spanish Imperial army commander of German origin and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1592 to 1594.
Ernst von Mansfeld
…during the early years of the Thirty Years' War. He was one of the leading mercenary generals of the early war. Ernst was an illegitimate son of Count Peter Ernst von Mansfeld (1517–1604) by Anna von Benzerath. His father was a member of the House of Mansfeld and royal Spanish stadtholder, while his mother belonged to a…
Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld painted by Antonio Moro.
Engraving of Peter Ernst I