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Stub source

Stèphani, Jean Pierre R. (1877), Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire monastique du pays de Liége, publ. par J. Alexandre. 2 tom ..., p. 277

French (date in Latin):

Godefridus ab Huyn comes de Geleen, obiit 27th Augusti anno 1657.
Il étoit Feld-Maréchal au service de l'Empereur, et il fut un des officiers qui se signalèrent le plus pendant la guerre des Suédois qui désola si longtems l'Allemagne. — Baron De Wal. Histoire de l Ordre Teutonique. VIII. 557. XXXVI. Edmundus

Translation:

Godefridus ab Huyn comes Geleen, died August 27th 1657.
He was Field Marshal in the service of the Emperor, and he was one of the officers who distinguished themselves the most during the long war in which Sweden ravaged Germany. — Baron De Wal. History of the Teutonic Order. VIII. 557. XXXVI. Edmundus

-- PBS (talk) 16:52, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]