FUENTES, COUNT

FUENTES, COUNT
   a Spanish general and statesman, eminent both in war and diplomacy; commanded the Spanish infantry at the siege of Rocroi when he was eighty-two, borne on a litter in the midst of the fight, and perished by the sword, the Great Condé having attacked the besiegers (1560-1643).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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