Philip Riedesel zu Camberg
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Philip Riedesel zu Camberg was an important German
Komtur (knight commander, or preceptor) in Erlingen and as a Receptor. He served as the Grand Master of the order in northern Germany 1594–1598. During this time, he served as General of the Danube fleet in the long Turkish war (1593–1606) between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire
. He died in 1598.
Sources
Vladimir von Schnurbein, "Die Bemühungen des Hauses Habsburg zur Ansiedlung von Ritterorden beim Aufbau der Militärgrenze." Militär und Gesellschaft in der Frühen Neuzeit, November 2008, Heft 1.
Georg Helwich, Genealogia der Geburtslini dess Uhralten Adelichen Geschlechts der Riedesel vom Camburg, 1651. [1]