ALDRINGER (ALTRINGER, A L D R I N G E N), JOHANN, COUNT VON (I Austrian soldier, was born at Diedenhofen (Thionville) in Lorraine. He had behind him 25 years' service in the Spanish Army when he returned to Germany in 1631. He served after Breitenfeld as Tilly's artillery com mander, and he was present at the battle of the Lech, where he was wounded. When Tilly died of his wounds, Aldringer, who was now a count of the empire, succeeded to the command. Made field-marshal after the assault of the Alte Veste, near Nuremberg, at which he had been second in command under Wallenstein, duke of Friedland (with whom he was a great favourite) , he was next placed at the head of the corps formed by Maximilian I. of Bavaria to support Wallenstein.
Finally Aldringer was won over by the court party which sought to displace the too successful duke of Friedland. After Wallenstein's death Aldringer commanded against the Swedes on the Danube, and at the defence of Landshut he fell (July 22 1634) . His great possessions descended to his sister, and thence to the family of Clary and Aldringen.
See Brohm, Johann von Aldringen (Halle, 1882), and Hermann Hallwich, Johann von Aldringen (Leipzig, 1885) ; also Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, s.v. Gallas, correcting earlier biography of Al dringer in the same work.