"Johann Reichsgraf von Aldringen (sometimes spelled Altringer or Aldringer; 10 December 1588 – 22 June 1634) was an Austrian soldier active before and during the Thirty Years´ War. He was born in Luxembourg City in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and after travelling as a nobleman´s page in France, Italy and the Netherlands, he went to the University of Paris.
In 1606 he entered the service of Spain, in which he remained until 1618, when he joined the imperial army. Here he distinguished himself in the field and in the cabinet. Made a colonel in 1622, two years later he was employed on the Council of War and on diplomatic missions. At the bridge of Dessau in 1626 he performed very distinguished service against Ernst von Mansfeld. He and his constant comrade Matthias Gallas were ennobled on the same day, and in the course of the Italian campaign of 1630 the two officers married the two daughters of Count d´Arco." - (en.wikipedia.org 27.10.2019)
