Carl von Rabenhaupt

Carl von Rabenhaupt
Born(1602-01-06)6 January 1602
Bohemia
Died12 August 1675(1675-08-12) (aged 73)
Coevorden
Service years1620–1648; 1671–1675
RankLieutenant general
BattlesThirty Years' War

Dutch War

Carl von Rabenhaupt (6 January 1602 – 12 August 1675) was a Bohemian Hussite nobleman who fought in Dutch and Hessian service during the Thirty Years War and came out of retirement to help the Dutch defend Groningen during the Franco-Dutch War. He made a name for himself as a siege specialist, taking or successfully defending many fortified cities along the Dutch-German border.