Peter Ernst I von Mansveld-Vorderort
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Peter Ernst I von Mansveld-Vorderort (Saxony, July 20, 1517 – Luxemburg, May 22, 1604) was an army commander and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1592 to 1594.
He came to the Spanish Netherlands with Charles V as a young man. He participated in the expedition against Tunis in 1535 and became governor of Luxemburg in 1545.
In the Eighty Years' War, he took part in combat under John of Austria and Alexander Farnese. When Farnese invaded France in 1590, he was appointed Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands ad interim. When Farnese died in 1592 , Von Mansfeld effectively became governor until Archduke Ernest of Austria took over in 1594.
| Preceded by Alexander Farnese |
Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands 1592-1594 |
Succeeded by Archduke Ernest of Austria |
