Rudolf Colloredo

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Rudolf Colloredo Rudolf Hieronim Eusebius Colloredo (born November 2, 1585 in Ceske Budejovice, February 24, 1657 in Prague) - Wallsee, one of the leading commanders of the imperial army on the fronts of the Thirty Years War.

He was the son of the magnate Adalbert Ludwik Colloredo and Perl de Commander. Gottfried Heinrich von Pappenheim's most eminent commander of the imperial triumph of the Thirty Years' War was the first to be famous for his attack at the center of the Czech army at the Battle of the White Mountain in November 1620.

Five years later, he joined Wallenstein and Tilly in intervention in Denmark. Later, together with his brother Frederick Colloredo, under the orders of Jan Tilly, he took part in the capture and burning of Magdeburg (May 1631). He commanded the cavalry reserve of the Emperor at the Battle of Breitenfeld (September 1631). He shielded the retreating Imperial Army after the Battle of Rain on the Lech River (April 1632); Brother Fryderyk was killed there. On November 15, 1632, he kept Gustav Adolf's army at Weisenfell, and the next day he commanded the right wing of Wallenstein's forces at Lützen. He beat Bernhard Sasko-Weimarski at Kirchoff (June 1633) and was defeated by the Saxon troops of General Arnim at Legnica (May 1634).

He was appointed Marshal and served as general commander of the imperial cavalry until the end of the war. Authoritative control (person):

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