Siege of Leuven
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The siege of Leuven was an important siege in the Thirty Years' War in which a Franco-Dutch army under Frederick Henry of Orange and the French Marshals Urbain de Maillé-Brezé and Gaspard III de Colig
Relief of Louvain. Oil on canvas by Peter Snayers.
Anthonie Schetz, Baron of Grobbendonck.
Leuven in 1610, by Josse van der Baren. The town still had medieval walls in 1635.
Prince Frederick Henry by Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt
Ottavio Piccolomini
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Ottavio Piccolomini, 1st Duke of Amalfi was an Italian nobleman whose military career included service as a Spanish general and then as a field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire.
Siege of Leuven
…the spread of sickness among the French, along with the appearance of an Imperial-Spanish relief army of 11,000 under Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand and Ottavio Piccolomini, forced the invading army to lift the siege. This failure allowed the Spanish forces to take the initiative and soon the invaders were forced into a…
Portrait of Piccolomini by Anselm van Hulle, Collezione Luca Cristini
Ottavio Piccolomini at the Battle of Preßnitz
Engraving of Ottavio Piccolomini