Otto de Grana

Ottone Enrico del Carretto, Marchese di Savona e di Grana, Conte di Millesimo (Germanized Otto Heinrich (del) Carretto di Grana ) (* 1629 in Genoa ; † June 15, 1685 in Mariemont , Hainaut ) was an imperial military leader and from northern Italy Diplomat, most recently royal Spanish governor in the Spanish Netherlands .

Life

Grana's parents were the Ligurian - Piedmontese imperial field marshal Francesco del Carretto (1592–1652), Marchese di Grana etc. as well as Margarethe, Countess Fugger zu Nordendorf and Wörth (1592–1652), a great-granddaughter of the merchant and banker Anton Fugger .

Grana achieved a certain fame as a military leader of the German Emperor Leopold I. During the Dutch War , in November 1673, as Colonel, he became military governor of the city of Bonn, which was liberated from the French . Since 1674 general field sergeant , he played an important part in the victory of the anti-French coalition in the "Battle of the Conzer Brück" on August 11, 1675. In the council of war he pleaded for quick action against the enemy encamped near Tawern and accordingly influenced the other commanders. In the battle itself, it was thanks to his intervention as commander of the right wing of the army that the attacked French army suffered a heavy defeat under the command of Marshal François de Bonne de Créqui, who was accustomed to victory . The Granahöhe above the battlefield, named after him and belonging to the village of Wasserliesch, with the granade monument erected there in 1892, commemorates the event .

For his behavior in September 1675 with the rank of Field Marshal Lieutenant rewarded Grana went on a brilliant career: Appointed imperial ambassador in Spain, made him in 1678 Charles II of Spain. The knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece , and in 1682 the Spanish captain general and governor in the Spanish Netherlands, in which capacity Grana finally died. In 1683 he was meanwhile also promoted to imperial field marshal . He was Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish troops in the Flemish theater of war during the Reunion War of 1683/84 .

family

Grana married twice. In 1667 he took the widowed Maria Theresa von Herberstein (1641–1682) as his wife. With her he had two daughters:

Maria Enrichetta (also: Maria (H) Enrietta , 1671-1744); in 1684 she married Philipp Karl Franz von Arenberg (1663-1691), Duke of Arenberg and Arsot , who fell in the battle of Slankamen . Your grandson, d. H. Grana's great-grandson, Carl Philipp Theodor (1724–1799) became Elector of Electoral Palatinate in 1742 and Elector of Bavaria in 1777 .
Maria Gabriella (1675– before 1700); she was married to Charles François de la Barre, Comte d'Erquelinnes et de Olloy, Baron de Hierges since 1690.

After the death of his first wife, Grana married Maria Theresia van Arenberg (1666–1716), the sister of his son-in-law, in 1683. The connection remained childless.

Famous descendants

In addition to Elector Carl Philipp Theodor of Palatinate-Bavaria, there are other famous descendants of Di Granas

the former Empress of Austria-Hungary, Elisabeth , called Si (s) si
the former Empress of Austria-Hungary, Zita von Bourbon-Parma
the current Portuguese claimant to the throne , Duarte Pio de Bragança
the reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri
the former Belgian king, Albert II.

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predecessor	Office	successor
Alessandro Farnese	Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands 1682 - 1685	Fray Antonio de Agurto

personal data
SURNAME	Grana, Otto de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Grana, Otto Heinrich Marchese de Savone Caretto de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	imperial military leader and field marshal general
DATE OF BIRTH	1629
PLACE OF BIRTH	Genoa
DATE OF DEATH	June 15, 1685
Place of death	Mariemont , Hainaut