Captain-General
The captain-general was the highest military rank in many European armies since the 14th century .
Personalities
The rank of captain-general held u. a .:
- Philip I of Taranto (1278–1331), from October 7, 1304 Capitano generale of the Italian provinces of Capitanata , Terra di Bari and Terra d'Otranto .
- Jean II. De Croÿ (1403–1473), captain général of Hainaut
- Philippe de Croÿ (1436–1482), General Capitaine of Hainaut and later of Luxembourg .
- Moritz von Oranien (1567–1625), governor of Holland , Zeeland , Utrecht , Gelderland and Overijssel as well as "Kapitein-generaal" of the land and naval forces of the United Netherlands (1751–1766)
- Christoph von Dohna (1583–1637), governor and captain-general of the Principality of Orange
- Ludwig Ernst von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1718–1788), Captain General of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces
- Karl von Österreich-Teschen (1771–1847), governor of the Austrian Netherlands and captain-general
- Gjergj Kastrioti called Skanderbeg (1405–1468), captain-general of the Roman Curia and captain-general of the Holy See .
Todays use
In the United Kingdom Armed Forces , the Captain-General is a ceremonial rank held by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex in the Royal Marines .
Individual evidence
- ^ Andreas Kiesewetter: Filippo I d'Angiò, imperatore nominal di Costantinopoli . In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani . tape 47 , 1997 ( treccani.it ).
- ^ General German Real Encyclopedia for the Educated Estates , Volume 5, Page 428, FA Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig 1865 ( digitized version )
- ^ Herbert Jacob: Outline of the history of German poetry from the sources , Volume 6, Hg: German Academy of Sciences in Berlin, Institute for German Language and Literature, Verlag L. Ehlermann, 1898, page 754 ( excerpt )
- ^ Franz Babinger: Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time . Princeton University Press, Princeton, ISBN 0-691-01078-1 , pp. 153 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed June 5, 2018]).