See also:

• ALDRINGER (ALTRINGER, ALDRINGEN), JOHANN

ALDRINGER (ALTRINGER, ALDRINGEN), JOHANN  , See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

COUNT voN (1588-1634), See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DIEDENHOFEN (Fr. Thionville)

Diedenhofen (Thionville) in See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine . After travelling as See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page to a nobleman in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands, he went to the university of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . In ,6o6 he entered the service of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in which he remained until 1618, when he joined the imperial See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . Here he distinguished himself in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field and in the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet . Made a See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in 1622, two years later he was employed on the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war and on See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions . At the See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge of See also:

• DESSAU

Dessau in 1626 he performed very distinguished service against See also:

• ERNST, HEINRICH WILHELM (1814–1865)

Ernst von See also:

• MANSFELD

Mansfeld . He and his See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant comrade See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

Matthias See also:

• GALLAS
• GALLAS, MATTHIAS, COUNT OF CAMPO, DUKE OF LUCERA (1584-1647)

Gallas (q.v.) were ennobled on the same See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, and in the course of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 163o the two See also:

• OFFICERS

officers married the two daughters of Count d'Arco . See also:

• ALDRINGER (ALTRINGER, ALDRINGEN), JOHANN

Aldringer served as Count Rambold Collalto's See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in this campaign and was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the taking of See also:

• MANTUA (Ital. Mantova)

Mantua . The See also:

• PLUNDER

plunder of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Mantua's treasures made Gallas and Aldringer wealthy men . Back in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany in 1 631, he served after See also:

• BREITENFELD

Breitenfeld as See also:

• TILLY, JOHANN TZERCLAES, COUNT OF (1559-1632)

Tilly's See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, and, elevated to the dignity of count of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, he was present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the See also:

• LECH (Licus)

Lech, where he was wounded . When Tilly died of his wounds Aldringer succeeded to the command . Made field-See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal after the See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault of the Alte Veste near See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg, at which he had been second in command under See also:

• WALLENSTEIN (properly WALDSTEIN), ALBRECHT WENZEL EUSEBIUS VON

Wallenstein, duke of See also:

• FRIEDLAND

Friedland (with whom he was a See also:

• GREAT

great favourite), he was next placed at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps formed by See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian I. of See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria to support Wallenstein .

In this See also:

• POST

post his tact and diplomatic ability were put to a severe test in the preservation of See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony between the two See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes . Finally Count Aldringer was won over by the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court party which sought to displace the too successful duke of Friedland . After Wallenstein's See also:

• DEATH

death Aldringer commanded against the Swedes on the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, and at the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• LANDSHUT

Landshut he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell (See also:

• JULY

July 22, 1634) . His great possessions descended to his See also:

• SISTER

sister, and thence to the See also:

• FAMILY

family of Clary and Aldringen . See Brohm, Johann von Aldringen (See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, 1882), and See also:

• HERMANN, JOHANN GOTTFRIED JAKOB (1772–1848)
• HERMANN, KARL FRIEDRICH (1804–1855)

Hermann Hallwich, Johann von Aldringen (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1885) ; also Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, s.v . Gallas, correcting earlier See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Aldringer in the same See also:

• WORK

work .