Franz von Mercy | |
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Born | 1597 |
Died | Alerheim, Bavaria | 3 August 1645 (aged 48)
Resting place | Ingolstadt 48°45′49″N 11°25′29″E / 48.76361°N 11.42472°E |
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Branch | Imperial Army |
Years of service | 1618–1645 |
Rank | Generalfeldmarschall |
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Franz Freiherr von Mercy (or Merci), Lord of Mandre and Collenburg (c. 1597 – 3 August 1645), was a German field marshal in the Thirty Years' War who fought for the Imperial side and was commander-in-chief of the Bavarian army from 1643 to 1645. In that role, he destroyed a French army at Tuttlingen (1643), stalemated another at Freiburg (1644), destroyed a third French army at Herbsthausen (1645) and was killed at the Second Battle of Nördlingen (1645).