Count Ernesto Montecuccoli (1582 – June 17, 1633) was a General in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War, a member of the prominent Italian Montecuccoli Family.
In 1632, troops under Montecuccoli´s command burned down the town of Knittlingen. On 16 August of the same year, Montecuccoli´s forces were defeated in the Battle of Wiesloch by a Swedish army led by Count Gustav Horn.
He was the uncle of Raimondo Montecuccoli, who started his own military career under Ernesto´s command.
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