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Hohenems, Jakob Hannibal

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HOHENEMS, JAKOB HANNIBAL. - Man of arms, b. 13 May 1530 at Hohenems, d. there 26 Dec. 1587. He received his baptism of fire in 1547, the year in which he took part in the war against the Schmalkaldic League.

He was subsequently in Italy (war against Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, 1551; war of Duke Cosimo of Tuscany against the Republic of Siena, 1553-55) and in France. In 1565 he was appointed by Pius IV commander general of the troops of the Papal States and governor of Spoleto and Cerveteri, an office he also held under Pius V.

Bibliography

BIBL.: G. v. Wyss, H., in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, XIII, pp. 509-11, with bibl.

Silvio Furlani

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1456.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Hohenems, jakob hannibal.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1456. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/hohenems-jakob-hannibal.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Hohenems, jakob hannibal.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1456. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/hohenems-jakob-hannibal.

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  author    = {Furlani, Silvio},
  title     = {Hohenems, jakob hannibal},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1456},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/hohenems-jakob-hannibal}
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