Hannibal von Degenfeld

Hannibal von Degenfeld
Hannibal von Degenfeld
	Engraving of Hannibal von Degenfeld at the time of the Battle of Vienna, by Wolfgang Philipp Kilian
Born	1647 or 1648
Died	12 October 1691; Nauplia
Cause of death	Disease
Buried	Nauplia
Allegiance	Republic of Venice (1666–1669, 1684–1685, 1691); Dutch Republic (1672–1674); Denmark–Norway (1674–1678), Electorate of Bavaria (1681–1683)
Battles/wars	Siege of Candia, Siege of Groningen (1672), Siege of Wismar (1675), Siege of Marstrand (1677), Battle of Vienna, Battle of Kalamata (1685)
Relations	Christoph Martin von Degenfeld (father)

Hannibal Freiherr^[1] von Degenfeld (1647/8–1691) was a German military commander who entered served the Republic of Venice during the Siege of Candia and the Morean War, helped establish the regular Bavarian Army and commanded it during the Battle of Vienna, and fought for the Dutch in the Franco-Dutch War and Denmark–Norway in the Scanian War.

^ 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.