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Count Mansfeld

A famous military commander of the early Thirty Years' War.

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Also known as Mansfeld

First appearance: xv of simplicissimus life with the troopers and what he saw and learned among the croats

Count Mansfeld shows up with force in Discourses of the Order of the Marauder Brothers. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned in relation to the origin of 'Mansfeld's shoes' and the naming of the Merode-brothers.
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See Count Mansfeld in xv of simplicissimus life with the troopers and what he saw and learned among the croats
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