Christoph Martin von Degenfeld

Engraving of Christoph Martin von Degenfeld as the Venetian commander-in-chief in Dalmatia, by Bartholomäus Kilian

Christoph Martin Freiherr[1] von Degenfeld (1599–1653) was a German military commander who served the Habsburgs, France, and Sweden during the Thirty Years War, and the Republic of Venice during the Cretan War against the Ottoman Empire.

  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.

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