Bust of Mercy on display in the Ruhmeshalle in Munich.
Franz Freiherr von Mercy (or Merci), Lord of Mandre and Collenburg (c. 1597 – 3 August 1645), was a German field marshal in the Thirty Years' War who fought for the Imperial side and was commander-in-chief of the Bavarian army from 1643 to 1645. In that role, he destroyed a French army at Tuttlingen (1643), stalemated another at Freiburg (1644), destroyed a third French army at Herbsthausen (1645) and was killed at the Second Battle of Nördlingen (1645).
Franz Freiherr vonMercy (or Merci), Lord of Mandre and Collenburg (c. 1597 – 3 August 1645), was a German field marshal in the Thirty Years' War who fought...
the town, which had recently surrendered to a Bavarian force under FranzvonMercy. In what has been described as the bloodiest battle of the war, around...
army led by Turenne, defeated by a Bavarian force under FranzvonMercy. In February 1645, Mercy detached 5,000 of his veteran Bavarian cavalry to support...
forces of the Holy Roman Empire, Bavaria and Spain led by FranzvonMercy. Technically, Mercy led a military force composed of his Bavarian army, supported...
the Siege of Dorsten in 1641. In 1643, he aided the Bavarians under FranzvonMercy in their successful attack on the French army in their winter quarters...
in France. His grandfather was the Bavarian field marshal Franz Freiherr vonMercy. Mercy entered the Austrian army as a volunteer in 1682. He won his...
by the united Imperial-Bavarian troupes under FranzvonMercy, Melchior Graf von Hatzfeldt, and Johann von Werth. Tuttlingen was an administrative seat...
marshal Guebriant was uneventful, but his second (1643) in which Baron FranzvonMercy was his commander-in-chief, was the Battle of Tuttlingen in which Werth...
August, the Bavarians under FranzvonMercy could not prevent French troops capturing Philippsburg, and occupying Lorraine. Mercy withdrew into Franconia...
von Leiningen Philipp II von Leiningen Westerburg Friedrich von Logau Adolf Friedrich I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin FranzvonMercy Bernhard Meyer Johann Michael...
the summer of 1644, an imperial Bavarian army led by generals FranzvonMercy and Johann von Werth recaptured city. Subsequently, this led to the Battle...
to the Baltic. In 1639, after unification with the Bavarians under FranzvonMercy, the Emperor transferred the command on the Rhine to Geleen. He crossed...
reconnaissance party led by Heinrich vonMercy, Lamboy's deputy and brother of the Bavarian general FranzvonMercy. Prisoners informed Guébriant that Hatzfeldt...
Otto Louis stayed at the Rhine. Because Rheinfelden's garrison under FranzvonMercy tenaciously resisted until 19 August and Otto Louis only hesitantly...
Franz Reuther (18 July 1941 – 23 January 2024), known professionally as Frank Farian, was a German record producer and singer who founded the 1970s disco-pop...
Military Academy was established in 1752: Franz Moritz von Lacy, Andreas Hadik von Futak, Franz Leopold von Nádasdy. Science and Art as a statue: doctor...
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