Othon Henri del Caretto, Marquis of Savona
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Othon Henri del Caretto or del Carretto, Marquis of Grana (1629 - Mariemont
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, Hainaut June 15, 1685) was an Imperial
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 Army commander and political figure.

Descendant from an old Italian noble family, he was titular Margrave
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 of Savona
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, Marquis of Grana, Count of Millesimo
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, etc.

He became instantly famous when , on August 11, 1675 in the Battle of Konzer Brucke
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, he engaged the right flank on exactly the right moment against the French under François de Créquy
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, inflicting a severe defeat. On the battlefield a Grana-memorial was erected in 1892.

He became a Knight of the Golden Fleece in 1678, Field Marshal of the Empire, Imperial embassador in Madrid and General Captain and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands
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 in April 1682.

He married on July 31, 1667 Maria Theresia von Herberstein (Graz
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 1641 - Brussels
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 1682), widow of Franz Adam Graf von Losenstein.

They had two daughters :
  • Maria Enrichetta (Vienna
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     1671 - Drogenbos
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     1744) , Margravine of Savona and Marquesses of Grana, Countess of Millesimo, etc., married in Brussels on February 12, 1684 Philippe Charles d'Arenberg
    Philippe Charles d'Arenberg
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    , 3rd Duke of Arenberg and Duke of Arschot (1663–1691), who was killed in the Battle of Slankamen
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    .
  • Maria Gabriella, (Vienna
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     1675 - Brussels
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     before 1700), married 1690 Charles François de la Barre, Comte d’Erquelinnes et de Olloy, Baron de Hierges.


After the death of his first wife, Othon Henri married on June 10, 1683 Maria Theresa d’Arenberg (1666–1716), sister of his son-in-law.

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