Johann von Sporck, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Austrian count, military, field marshal
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About Johann von Sporck
- Johann von Sporck (1595 – 6 August 1679) was a German nobleman and Generalfeldmarschall.
- Sporck was born in 1595 and he began his military career at the start of the Thirty Years' War as a private.
- His personal bravery and mastery of cavalry tactics led to his steady advancement through the ranks as well as his ennoblement.
- He later fought in the Second Northern War, the Austro-Turkish War (1663–64) and the Franco-Dutch War.
- He retired in 1676, having received the rank of Generalfeldmarschall and accumulating great riches.
- He died three years later.
- His son Franz Anton von Sporck became a publisher and a patron of arts.
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