Hermann Friedrich Cloedt

Hermann Friedrich Cloedt was commander of the garrison at Neuss , near Duisburg, in July 1586, when the city was destroyed by the Duke of Parmas Army of Flanders. He died in the defense of Neuss.

Cloedt was born in Northelen, near Werl, the fourth of ten sons of Johann Cloedt and Margaretha of Westphalia. As a young man, he served for several years in Henry IIIs army in France by 1585, he served under the Dutch provinces, and in 1586, he was in the force of Adolf von Neuenahr, when he secured the city of Neuss for Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, the Calvinist contender for the Electorate of Cologne, during the socalled Cologne War .

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