born Nov. 11, 1599, Florence
died Aug. 11, 1656, Vienna
Italian general.
He entered the service of the Habsburgs in 1616 and became a trusted lieutenant to Ferdinand III named him commander in chief, and he conducted the last campaign of the Thirty Years' War . He represented Austria at the Congress of Nürnberg (1649), which negotiated issues left unsettled by the Peace of Westphalia .