Karl von Mansfeld


Karl von Mansfeld was a German general during the Cologne War and the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.
Von Mansfeld was the son of Count Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, born in present-day Luxembourg, and was educated in France. He entered the military of Philip II of Spain, and was appointed a general and an admiral in the navy of the Spanish Netherlands. He was sent to Hungary, where along with Count Mátyás Cseszneky he participated in the siege of Esztergom in 1595 during the Long War. He died shortly thereafter, probably of his wounds, in Komárom.

Family

He married twice, first to Diane de Cossé and, second, to Marie Christine von Egmond, who died 1622.
She had, from her second marriage, a son, Alexandre de Bournonville Duc de Bournonville, Comte de Henin-Lietard, and, probably with Mansfeld, a second son, Antoine III de Lalaing, Count of Hoogstraeten, who married Maria Margaretha de Berlaymont, daughter of Claude Berlaymont, also known as Haultpenne.

Siblings

From his father's first marriage on 1.4.1542 to Margaretha van Brederode ;
Step Siblings:
From his father's second marriage 22.2.1562 Marie de Montmorency
Natural Sibling
Karl von Mansfeld zu FriedenbergFather:
Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld zu Friedeburg, born Schloss Heldrungen 12 August 1517, died Luxemburg-Clausen 23 May 1604		Paternal Grandfather:
Ernst II von Mansfeld zu Vorderort, *6 December 1479, +Heldrungen 9 May 1531		Paternal Great-grandfather:
Albrecht V, Count von Mansfeld zu Vorderort 1435-3 December 1484
Karl von Mansfeld zu FriedenbergFather:
Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld zu Friedeburg, born Schloss Heldrungen 12 August 1517, died Luxemburg-Clausen 23 May 1604		Paternal Grandfather:
Ernst II von Mansfeld zu Vorderort, *6 December 1479, +Heldrungen 9 May 1531		Paternal Great-grandmother:
Susanna von Bickenbach, 1450 died 19 April 1530 married 1470
Karl von Mansfeld zu FriedenbergFather:
Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld zu Friedeburg, born Schloss Heldrungen 12 August 1517, died Luxemburg-Clausen 23 May 1604		Paternal Grandmother:
Dorothea zu Solm-Lich married 1512		Paternal Great-grandfather:
Philipp Gf zu Solms-Lich,
Karl von Mansfeld zu FriedenbergFather:
Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld zu Friedeburg, born Schloss Heldrungen 12 August 1517, died Luxemburg-Clausen 23 May 1604		Paternal Grandmother:
Dorothea zu Solm-Lich married 1512		Paternal Great-grandmother:
Adriana von Hanau-Münzenberg
Karl von Mansfeld zu FriedenbergMother:
Margaretha van Brederode 		Maternal Grandfather:
Regnault van Brederode, d. 1556		Maternal Great-grandfather:
Walgrave van Brederode
Karl von Mansfeld zu FriedenbergMother:
Margaretha van Brederode 		Maternal Grandfather:
Regnault van Brederode, d. 1556		Maternal Great-grandmother:
Margaret von Borsel
Karl von Mansfeld zu FriedenbergMother:
Margaretha van Brederode 		Maternal Grandmother:
Phillippa von Mark zu Sedan, d. 1537		Maternal Great-grandfather:
Renault van Brederode
Karl von Mansfeld zu FriedenbergMother:
Margaretha van Brederode 		Maternal Grandmother:
Phillippa von Mark zu Sedan, d. 1537		Maternal Great-grandmother:
Iolante de Lalaing