Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort
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Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort (20 July 1517 – 25 May 1604) was a Spanish Imperial army commander of German origin and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1592 to 1594.
Born in
Military career
As a young man, Peter Ernst came to the Spanish Netherlands with Charles V. He participated in the expedition against Tunis in 1535 and became governor of Luxembourg in 1545. He was made a knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1546.
In the
When Farnese invaded France in 1590, Mansfeld was appointed Governor ad interim of the Spanish Netherlands. When Farnese died in 1592, Von Mansfeld effectively became governor until Archduke Ernest of Austria took over in 1594.
Descendants
His first marriage (1 April 1542) to Margaretha van Brederode (*ca. 1520 – died Nemours, 31 May 1554), daughter of Reinoud III van Brederode 11th Lord of Brederode and Philippine de La Marck, produced:
- Friedrich, * 1542, † 1559
- Karl II, Count von Mansfeld zu Friedeburg (Luxembourg, 1545 – † siege of Gran (Esztergom), 14 August 1596); 1m: Diane de Cossé; 2m: Marie Christine von Egmond († 1622)
- Polyxene, died after 17 September 1591, married Palamedes de René of Châlon.
His second marriage on 22 February 1562 to Marie de Montmorency (died 5 February 1570) produced:
- Philipp Oktavian, 1564–1591
- Dorothea, married Spanish General and Admiral Francisco Verdugo.
A liaison with Anna von Benzerath resulted in
- Thirty Years War.
He died in Clausen, Luxembourg in 1604.
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