Rudolf von Colloredo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf von Colloredo

Czech nobleman

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1585

Place of Birth: České Budějovice, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 24-Feb-1657

Profession: military personnel, politician

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Rudolf Hieronymus Eusebius von Colloredo-Waldsee, born 2 November 1585 in Ceské Budejovice, Kingdom of Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic), was a Bohemian nobleman and the brother of Hieronymus von Colloredo-Waldsee.
A member of the Colloredo family, he distinguished himself in the Thirty Years' War, especially at the Battles of Mantua and Lützen.
Emperor Ferdinand III appointed him to the Imperial Privy Council and named him a Field Marshal.
Although unable to prevent Prague Castle from falling to Sweden's Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, Colloredo-Waldsee's bold defense of Prague's old town halted the Swedish invasion of Bohemia on 26 July 1648 and saved the Habsburg's ancestral lands in Austria.
After the war, he built the Schönborn Palace in Prague home to the United States Embassy to the Czech Republic.
He died in Prague on 24 February 1657.