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Ottavio Piccolomini
1656Aug, 11

Ottavio Piccolomini

Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
Ottavio Piccolomini, 1st Duke of Amalfi (11 November 1599 – 11 August 1656) was an Italian nobleman whose military career included service as a Spanish general and then as a field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire.

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