Aeneas de Caprara

Aeneas de Caprara

Count Aeneas Sylvius de Caprara (1631 - February 1701), also known as "Enea Silvio" or "Äneas Sylvius von Caprara", was an Austrian field marshal during the War of the League of Augsburg as well as a decedent of generals Raimondo Montecuccoli and Ottavio Piccolomini.

Born of Italian descent to Count Niccolò de Caprara, he would serve under Charles V, Duke of Lorraine during the Dutch War at the Battles of Sinsheim, Enzheim, and Mulhouse where he was subsequently captured. Later released, Caprara would relieve the siege at Offenburg in 1677, before the wars the next year.

In 1683, during the Turkish War, Caprara would again return to the service of Charles of Lorraine against the Turkish advance into Hungary soon winning distinction after the siege, and later capture, of Neuhaeusel from July 7 - August 17, 1685.

At the start of the War of the League of Augsburg, Caprara was appointed commander-in-chief of Imperial forces in northern Italy where, in 1692, he was involved in the campaign to capture the Dauphiné. Transferred to Hungary two years later, Caprara would remain commander-in-chief of Imperial forces in the region until his retirement in 1696, serving as vice president of the Imperial War Council until his death in February 1701.

References

*Corrado Argegni: "Condottieri, capitani e tribuni: Fino al cinquecento. Dizionari biografici e bibliografici, Vol. 1-3". Rome 1937. (Reprinted Milan, undated).


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