Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy

Charles I Bonaventure de Longueval

2nd Count of Bucquoy
Charles I Bonaventure de Longueval; 2nd Count of Bucquoy
	Portrait by Peter Paul Rubens
Born	9 January 1571; Arras, County of Artois, Habsburg Netherlands
Died	10 July 1621 (aged 50); Nové Zámky, Lower Hungary, Kingdom of Hungary
Allegiance	Spain; Holy Roman Empire
Rank	Colonel (1597); General (1614)
Commands held	General of the Artillery of the Army of Flanders; Commander-in-chief of the Imperial army
Battles/wars	French Wars of Religion Siege of Calais (1596); ; Eighty Years' War Battle of Nieuwpoort; Siege of Ostend; Siege of Lingen (1605); Siege of Groenlo (1606); ; Thirty Years' War Battle of Lomnice; Battle of Sablat; Battle of White Mountain; ;
Awards	Order of the Golden Fleece (1613)
Spouse(s)	Maria Maddalena Biglia
Relations	Charles Albert (son)

Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy (Czech: Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, Spanish: Carlos Buenaventura de Longueval, Conde de Bucquoy, full name in French: Charles Bonaventure de Longueval comte de Bucquoy, German: Karl Bonaventura Graf von Buquoy) (9 January 1571, Arras – 10 July 1621, Nové Zámky) was a military commander who fought for the Spanish Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War and for the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.

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